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I addressed two of -these with the macro packages {\sl PST-JTree\/} and {\sl -PST-ASR\/}, which typeset syntactic trees and autosegmental -representations. \ExPex\ addresses the main remaining special -\Tex\ need in linguistics: formatting examples, examples with -multiple parts, glosses, and the like, and referring to examples -and parts of examples. The name comes from the two central -macros, |\ex| and |\pex|, used to typeset examples and examples -with labeled parts. - -{\sl PST-JTree\/} and {\sl PST-ASR\/} rely heavily on Hendri -Adriaens' \XKeyVal\ package, which has become the standard for -\PSTricks\ based macro packages. Although \ExPex\ is not based -on \PSTricks\relax, it does handle parameterization the same -way that {\sl PST-JTree\/} and {\sl PST-ASR\/} do. When -{\sl expex.tex} is loaded, it immediately checks to see -whether {\sl xkeyval.tex} has already been loaded. If not, -it does so. - -The goal in writing a macro package for general use is to make it -simple to use if only simple things need to be done, but powerful -enough so that users who have complex needs can get those needs -satisfied if they are willing to deal with the complexities that -complex needs inevitably involve. If you think there are simple -things that are not simple to do, or complex things that cannot -be done, please write to me at {\sl j.frampton@neu.edu}. The -\ExPex\ macros have evolved over the last 15 or so years -and like anything which evolves, various features of the current -state may have more to do with history than with optimal design. -Please let me know about departures from optimal design. Perhaps -the next version can be improved. - -This User's Guide begins with four examples which demonstrate -\ExPex\ in action. It serves as a ``A Quick Guide to {\sl -Expex\/}''. Each page gives some code at the top, with the -product of this code below. Its main purpose is to give a sense -of how \ExPex\ works, so that curious readers have some -basis for determining whether they want to proceed with the -details. It is possible to begin to use \ExPex\ solely on -the basis of the four demo pages and learn the more subtle -capabilities as needed. A quick survey of the index and the table -of contents should give you some idea of what is available, if -you need it. - -\subsection Changes - -The most recent previous version of \ExPex\ is version 4.0c. That -version will still be available on my website, zipped as {\it -expex40c.zip}. Aside from bug fixes, the changes in this version -are to the control of line spacing in wrapped glosses. Several -new parameters have been introduced and some initial settings of -parameters controlling glosses have been changed. Executing the -macro |\gloldstyle| will return \ExPex\ to a state in which -glosses written using version 4.0 should display as they did -using version 4.0. The parameter |abovemoreglskip| which was -used to control wrap spacing in glosses is still recognized, but -it should now be considered obsolete and should be avoided in -future work. It will be eliminated at some point in the future. - -There was an undocumented feature of v4.0 that was used by some -people, but has now been eliminated. \ExPex\ no longer looks for -a file {\it expex-add.tex\/} and loads it automatically if it is -found. This led to some very mysterious behavior when the user -forgot about the presence of this file. Such a file should be -loaded explicitly. - -\subsection LaTex/Tex cooperation - -\ExPex\ is designed to be used by either {\sl Plain Tex\/} or \LaTex\ -users. \LaTex\ users need to say |\usepackage{expex}| and \Tex\ users -|\input expex|. All of the code for the examples in this -documentation should run equally well in either system, subject -to the notes below. - -\subsubsection Note to \LaTex\ users - -|\it| (now a deprecated \LaTex\ command) is used in a few places. -In case \ExPex\ detects that \LaTex\ is being used, it executes -|\let\it=\itshape|. - -\subsubsection Note to \Tex\ users - -Three macros are used in the examples in this documentation which -are defined in \LaTex\ but not in {\it Plain Tex}: |\footnotesize|, -|\sc|, and |\textsc|. Assuming, for example, that text is set in -10pt computer modern, the following would suffice for all the -examples in this documentation. - -\codedisplay -\font\eightrm=cmr8 -\font\eightit=cmti8 -\def\footnotesize{\eightrm \let\it=\eightit \baselineskip=9pt} -\font\tensc=cmcsc10 -\let\sc=\tensc -\def\textsc#1{{\sc #1}} -|endcodedisplay - -Most {\sl Plain Tex\/} users will have other fonts and much more -general size changing macros at their disposal. The code above -is barely sufficient to handle the examples in this is -documentation, but it will do the job. For what it is worth, this -documentation was typeset using {\it Plain Tex}. |\twelvepoint| and -|\tenpoint| were defined modeled on pages 414--415 in the {\sl -TeXbook\/} and |\let\footnotesize=\tenpoint| was executed to -define |\footnotesize|. The running text is \textdim{12 pt}. -|\sc| was defined by |\font\twelvesc=cmcsc10 scaled\magstep1|% -\footnote{cmcsc10 scaled was used rather than -cmcsc12 because Postscript fonts for cmcsc10 are more readily -available than those for cmcsc12.} -and |\let\sc=\twelvesc|% -\footnote{Small caps are used only in text size}% -. - -\subsection Acknowledgements - -Many participants in the {\sl Ling-Tex\/} discussion group have -contributed to the development of \ExPex\relax, either by posing -good questions, solving problems, or providing informed -discussion of desirable features. In particular, I thank Alexis -Dimitriadis, Claude Dionne, Kevin Donnely, Antonio Fortin, Jeremy -Hammond, Daniel Harbor, Joshua Jensen, Joost Kremers, John Lyon, -Alan Munn, Christos Vlachos, and Natalie Weber. - - - - - |