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Package linguex with multicols

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5 years ago निरंजन

This is my code.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
	\begin{multicols}{2}
	\ex. Two ways of forming a triangle.\\
		\a.\begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}\\
		\columnbreak
		\b.\begin{tikzpicture}
		\draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}\\		

	\end{multicols}
	
\end{document}

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\documentclass{article}\usepackage{multicol}\usepackage{linguex}\usepackage{tikz}​\begin{document}    \begin{multicols}{2}    \ex. Two ways of forming a triangle.\\        \a.\begin{tikzpicture}            \draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;        \end{tikzpicture}\\        \columnbreak        \b.\begin{tikzpicture}        \draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;        \end{tikzpicture}\\     ​    \end{multicols}    \end{document}
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It generates -

I want the ex. to be out of the multicols environment, because in the output the example b., because I want both a. and b. to be on the same height. How to achieve it?

PS - I tried \phantom{\ex.} but it doesn’t work.

Top Answer

5 years ago samcarter

I suggest to use the enumitem package to place multiple subitems in a single line. You don’t need to be worried about suspending and restarting the linguex counter because you could just place the the additional enumerate environment between your \ex. ones.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

	\ex. Two something
		\a. foo
		\b. bar

\begin{enumerate}[label={(\arabic*)},labelsep=\Exlabelsep\relax,labelwidth=\Exlabelwidth]
	\setcounter{enumi}{\value{ExNo}}
	\item \hspace{0.6em}Two ways of forming a triangle.
	
	\begin{enumerate*}[label={\hspace{-0.9em}\alph*.}]
		\item
		\begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\hspace*{\fill}
		\item
		\begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}
	\end{enumerate*}
\end{enumerate}
\stepcounter{ExNo}
	
	\ex. Two something
		\a. foo
		\b. bar

\end{document}

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\documentclass{article}\usepackage{multicol}\usepackage{linguex}\usepackage{tikz}\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}​\begin{document}​    \ex. Two something        \a. foo        \b. bar​\begin{enumerate}[label={(\arabic*)},labelsep=\Exlabelsep\relax,labelwidth=\Exlabelwidth]    \setcounter{enumi}{\value{ExNo}}    \item \hspace{0.6em}Two ways of forming a triangle.        \begin{enumerate*}[label={\hspace{-0.9em}\alph*.}]        \item        \begin{tikzpicture}            \draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;        \end{tikzpicture}        \hspace*{\fill}        \item        \begin{tikzpicture}            \draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;        \end{tikzpicture}    \end{enumerate*}\end{enumerate}\stepcounter{ExNo}        \ex. Two something        \a. foo        \b. bar​\end{document}
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Answer #2

5 years ago CrazyHorse

If there are only two or three items then simply write the a., b., … by yourself without the commands:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
	\ex. Two ways of forming a triangle.\\
		a. \begin{tikzpicture}
			\draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;
		\end{tikzpicture}
		  \qquad		  
		b. \begin{tikzpicture}
		   \draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;
        \end{tikzpicture}
	
\end{document}

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\documentclass{article}\usepackage{linguex}\usepackage{tikz}​\begin{document}    \ex. Two ways of forming a triangle.\\        a. \begin{tikzpicture}            \draw (0,0) -- (-1.5,-3) -- (1.5,-3) -- cycle;        \end{tikzpicture}          \qquad                  b. \begin{tikzpicture}           \draw (0,0) -- (3,0) -- (3,3) -- cycle;        \end{tikzpicture}    \end{document}
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