LyX ⇒ Linguistic Glosses in Examples not aligned in Book class

[Hiram]

Hi folks,

I'm having the same problem as this post from 2009, with Covington style linguistic glosses not aligning properly on the free translation line, but what solved their problem doesn't solve mine: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors ... eral/58322

Does anyone have any suggestions? Basically, when I compile this LyX document in book format with chapter numbering turned on for examples, Examples 10 and 11 have a free translation (line 3) that doesn't line up with the rest of the example. I'm trying to figure out how to make the translation line up properly with the rest.

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[Hiram]

Just to clarify, I try to use the following code in the Preamble, and it doesn't work:

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\renewenvironment{example}{%
\setlength\leftmargini{3.05em}
\begin{examples}%
\settowidth{\labelwidth}{(0.00)}%
\item}
{\end{examples}}

I'm wondering if there is a problem with the \renewenvironment - ie why doesn't it update the {example} environment?

Do I need to do something like globally setting the list environment? Like in this post: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/ ... 1128#91128
ie:

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\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=*}

But what is the syntax I can use to globally set the \leftmargin for the example environment? Can I use the \let command to redefine the leftmargin properties for examples, as is done for figure centering in this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1565 ... nvironment

ie:

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\let\oldfigure\figure
\def\figure{\oldfigure\centering}

I just don't know what the syntax should be, and what I've tried doesn't properly line up the third line of the gloss.

[Hiram]

I discovered a temporary workaround this morning. Unfortunately I have to type it in at every instance where the free translation is not aligned, but I can force-insert a space to the line using the \hspace*{} command, as in:

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\gll Example 1
example one
\glt \hspace*{0.1in}`this example no longer screws up'

Kind of annoying to adjust every single example, though. Is there a way to globally modify the equation numbering box for glosses? Or is there a way to locate the left margin of the previous sentence and start outputting the \glt line at that horizontal point?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Hiram]

Success! This now works, turns out I was trying to redefine the wrong environment the whole time ('example' instead of 'examples')! Thanks to Jürgen Spitzmüller on the other thread (http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors ... eral/58322) for this solution:

The tip on the wiki only changes the example (singular) environment.
To achieve the same with examples (plural), add the following to the
preamble;

\let\oldexamples\examples
\let\endoldexamples\endexamples
\renewenvironment{examples}{%
\setlength\leftmargini{3.05em}
\begin{oldexamples}%
\settowidth{\labelwidth}{(0.00)}}
{\end{oldexamples}}

HTH
Jürgen

[scottkosty]

Success! This now works, turns out I was trying to redefine the wrong environment the whole time ('example' instead of 'examples')! Thanks to Jürgen Spitzmüller on the other thread (http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors ... eral/58322) for this solution:

The tip on the wiki only changes the example (singular) environment.
To achieve the same with examples (plural), add the following to the
preamble;

\let\oldexamples\examples
\let\endoldexamples\endexamples
\renewenvironment{examples}{%
\setlength\leftmargini{3.05em}
\begin{oldexamples}%
\settowidth{\labelwidth}{(0.00)}}
{\end{oldexamples}}

HTH
Jürgen

Many thanks for posting back with the solution, Hiram.
Jürgen also put the solution on this wiki page:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX.LinguistLyX

Scott