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I am using the expex package with numerous examples which break into two or more lines due to the length of either gla or glb contents. The normal and cascading options for glhangstyle work without issue.

However, I sometimes find the examples text-heavy and difficult to follow visually. I was considering the possibility of including a symbol or arrow at the beginning of each line which is a hanging indent. After playing around with xpatchcmd, I have determined that I am not familiar enough with expex to figure it out - if it is even possible.

I have no MWE, but am including an image from the expex documentation followed by one that I touched up to show an example of what I am hoping to accomplish. This example includes an arrow, but I am hoping that I could include basically anything there, such as a symbol. Assuming this is possible, I think it should be available for both normal and cascading options...possibly even none?

Current cascading appearance:

MWE for cascading example excerpt from expex-demo.tex:

documentclass{article}



usepackage{expex}





begin{document}



ex[glhangstyle=cascade]

let\=textsc

begingl

gla

Hom^{a}o sa v{c}^{o} p^{o} tha  ~{n}u nao ngu{a} hmua. ~{N}u

dju{a} gu{a}, ~{n}u dju{a} v{c}u{o}ng ~{n}u, laih gui r^{e}o

~{n}u. Todang bboi r^{o}k jolan ~{n}u nao hma, ~{n}u bb^{o}h sa

droi mru{a} du{o} bboi gah, a, hruh ~{n}u.//

glb

\{exist} one \{clf} person old \{3s} go do field \{3s} hold

machete \{3s} hold hoe \{3s} and carry.on.back back.basket \{3s}

while at along trail \{3s} go field \{3s} see one \{clf} peacock

stay at \{drct} -- nest \{3s}//

glft

`There was an old person who went to work in the field. He took

along his machete, he took along his hoe, and he carried his

basket on his back. While he was on his way to the farm, he saw a

peacock beside its nest.'//

endgl

xe



end{document}

Trying to do with arrows:

Here is a solution that was inspired by this post with some minor changes.
I posted here a question about automating this.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{expex}



usepackage{tikz}

usepackage{xparse}



% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/231044/121944

newcommandTikzmark[2]{%

  tikz[remember picture]node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt] (#1) {#2};%

}



NewDocumentCommandDrawArrow{O{}mmmmO{3}}{

tikz[remember picture,overlay]

  draw[->,line width=0.5pt,shorten >= 2pt,shorten <= 2pt,#1] 

    (#2) -- ++(0,-#6htstrutbox) coordinate (aux) -- node[#4] {#5} (#3|-aux);

}

%



begin{document}



ex[glhangstyle=cascade]

let\=textsc

begingl

gla

Hom^{a}o sa v{c}^{o} p^{o} tha  ~{n}u nao ngu{a} hmua. ~{N}u

dju{a} gu{a}, ~{n}u dju{a} v{c}u{o}ng ~{n}u, laih gui r^{e}o

~{n}u. Todang bboi r^{o}k jolan ~{n}u nao hma, ~{n}u bb^{o}h sa

droi mru{a} du{o} bboi gah, a, hruh ~{n}u.//

glb

\{Tikzmark{starta}exist} one \{clf} person old \{3s} go do field \{3s} hold

machete \{3s} Tikzmark{enda}hold hoe \{3s} and carry.on.back back.basket \{3s}

while at along trail \{3s} go field \{3s} see one \{clf} peacock

stay at \{drct} -- nest \{3s} //

glft

`There was an old person who went to work in the field. He took

along his machete, he took along his hoe, and he carried his

basket on his back. While he was on his way to the farm, he saw a

peacock beside its nest.'//

endgl

xe



DrawArrow{starta}{enda}{}{}



ex[glhangstyle=cascade]

let\=textsc

begingl

gla

Hom^{a}o sa v{c}^{o} p^{o} tha  ~{n}u nao ngu{a} hmua. ~{N}u

dju{a} gu{a}, ~{n}u dju{a} v{c}u{o}ng ~{n}u, laih gui r^{e}o

~{n}u. Todang bboi r^{o}k jolan ~{n}u nao hma, ~{n}u bb^{o}h sa

droi mru{a} du{o} bboi gah, a, hruh ~{n}u.//

glb

\{exist} one \{clf} person old \{3s} go do field \{3s} hold

machete \{3s} Tikzmark{starta}hold hoe \{3s} and carry.on.back back.basket \{3s}

while at along Tikzmark{enda}trail \{3s} go field \{3s} see one \{clf} peacock

stay at \{drct} -- nest \{3s} //

glft

`There was an old person who went to work in the field. He took

along his machete, he took along his hoe, and he carried his

basket on his back. While he was on his way to the farm, he saw a

peacock beside its nest.'//

endgl

xe



DrawArrow{starta}{enda}{}{}



ex[glhangstyle=cascade]

let\=textsc

begingl

gla

Hom^{a}o sa v{c}^{o} p^{o} tha  ~{n}u nao ngu{a} hmua. ~{N}u

dju{a} gu{a}, ~{n}u dju{a} v{c}u{o}ng ~{n}u, laih gui r^{e}o

~{n}u. Todang bboi r^{o}k jolan ~{n}u nao hma, ~{n}u bb^{o}h sa

droi mru{a} du{o} bboi gah, a, hruh ~{n}u.//

glb

\{Tikzmark{starta}exist} one \{clf} person old \{3s} go do field \{3s} hold

machete \{3s} Tikzmark{enda}hTikzmark{startb}old hoe \{3s} and carry.on.back back.basket \{3s}

while at along Tikzmark{endb}trail \{3s} go field \{3s} see one \{clf} peacock

stay at \{drct} -- nest \{3s} //

glft

`There was an old person who went to work in the field. He took

along his machete, he took along his hoe, and he carried his

basket on his back. While he was on his way to the farm, he saw a

peacock beside its nest.'//

endgl

xe



DrawArrow{starta}{enda}{}{}

DrawArrow{startb}{endb}{}{}



end{document}

The answer to this question helped provide a starting point for this answer, which does not require any additional packages (except for expex). I did include mathabx because it conveniently has an angled arrow. The answer below, however, can take any text or symbol.

This also needed the tlap which I found in this answer to an unrelated question.

documentclass{memoir}



usepackage[mathb]{mathabx}



usepackage{expex}

% Define spacing and example number format for (all) ExPex examples

lingset{exnotype=chapter.arabic,%

        glhangstyle=cascade,

        glhangindent=2em}%



newcommand{tlap}[1]{vbox to 0pt{vsshbox{#1}}}%



newcommand{insertcascadeexpexsymbol}[2]{%

    lettmpdimarelax%

    newlengthtmpdima%

    tmpdima=1.5em%

    newcounttmpcnta%

    tmpcnta=numexpr#1-1relax%

    newcounttmpcntc%

    tmpcntc=numexpr#1-2relax%

    newcounttmpcntb%

    tmpcntb=0%



    letindentdiminitialrelax%

    newlengthindentdiminitial%

    indentdiminitial=-0.8em%

    letindentdimincrementrelax%

    newlengthindentdimincrement%

    indentdimincrement=2.0em%



    lettmpdiminitialrelax%

    newlengthtmpdiminitial%

    tmpdiminitial=5.475em%

    lettmpdimincrementrelax%

    newlengthtmpdimincrement%

    tmpdimincrement=2.475em%



    lettmpdimeachlineinitialrelax%

    newlengthtmpdimeachlineinitial%

    tmpdimeachlineinitial=1.475em%

    lettmpdimeachlineincrementrelax%

    newlengthtmpdimeachlineincrement%

    tmpdimeachlineincrement=0.035em%



    letdimverticalfixrelax%

    newlengthdimverticalfix%

    dimverticalfix=-dimexprtmpdiminitial+tmpcntctmpdimincrementrelax%



    letdimverticaleachlinefixrelax%

    newlengthdimverticaleachlinefix%

    dimverticaleachlinefix=dimexprtmpdimeachlineinitial-tmpcntctmpdimeachlineincrementrelax%

    tlap{vspace*{dimverticalfix}%

        rlap{vbox{loopifnumtmpcntb < tmpcnta%

    advancetmpcntb by 1%

    hspace*{dimexprindentdiminitial+tmpcntbindentdimincrementrelax}{#2}vspace*{dimverticaleachlinefix}newline%

  repeat}}}}%



begin{document}



let\=textsc



ex

   begingl

      gla

      Hom^{a}o sa v{c}^{o} p^{o} tha  ~{n}u nao ngu{a} hmua. ~{N}u dju{a} gu{a}, ~{n}u dju{a} v{c}u{o}ng ~{n}u, laih gui r^{e}o ~{n}u. Todang bboi r^{o}k jolan ~{n}u nao hma, ~{n}u bb^{o}h sa droi mru{a} du{o} bboi gah, a, hruh ~{n}u. //insertcascadeexpexsymbol{4}{$drsh$}

      glb

      \{exist} one \{clf} person old \{3s} go do field \{3s} hold machete \{3s} hold hoe \{3s} and carry.on.back back.basket \{3s} while at along trail \{3s} go field \{3s} see one \{clf} peacock stay at \{drct} -- nest \{3s} //

      glft

      `There was an old person who went to work in the field. He took along his machete, he took along his hoe, and he carried his basket on his back. While he was on his way to the farm, he saw a peacock beside its nest.' //

   endgl

xe



end{document}

If you replace hspace*{dimexprindentdiminitial+tmpcntbindentdimincrementrelax} with hspace*{1em}, for example, you can make the symbols move down vertically but not following the cascading indents:

And if you prefer to use expex with normal for glhangstyle, it is not a problem:

By calling the insertcascadeexpexsymbol command immediately after the // of the gla line which contains a tlap and an rlap which contains a vbox, you can get the arrows overlapping the examples.

This answer is far from perfect, but it does accomplish a rough approximation of the arrows and works for 2-line examples up to at least 6-line examples, based on my testing.

The first argument for insertcascadeexpexsymbol is the number of lines (which can be determined after compiling the example once.

The second argument for insertcascadeexpexsymbol is the symbol or text that you want to insert. I used drsh which is a math symbol defined in mathabx package.

Some explanation for those interested:

Inside insertcascadeexpexsymbol there is a lot of messing around with vertical positions. I couldn't figure any better way, but maybe a more savvy TeX user might know how to improve this. The basic problem that I found was that the line inter/intra-line spacing seemed to change slightly depending on the total number of lines in gla and glab. I attempt to just use newlines but it ran into the same problem. All of the calculations are simply to try and equalize the positions of the symbol/text for 2-line, 3-line, 4-line, etc. examples.

There are also a bunch of hard-coded lengths used. I was hoping to use variables from expex, but couldn't figure out how to reference them outside of expex without getting undefined errors. For example, rather than hard-coding the hanging indent value inside the command, I would have preferred to have it be relative to the hanging indent used in expex - either the default one or the one defined in lingset. I expect that being able to access these variables would help, at least in part, to improve this command, possibly including the vertical calculation shenanigans that I used.

My previous answer worked, but did not work very well. For example, if you change aboveglbskip and aboveglcskip values then all the hardcoded calculations would need to be tweaked very carefully. There were a lot of details which may help someone in the future, which is why I'm posting the new answer instead of editing the old one.

Improved Answer

I patched two commands within expex to allow a vbox to overlap the interlinear gloss lines. There is a difference in behavior between a single gloss line (i.e. only gla) and using multiple gloss lines (e.g. gla and glb, or gla and glb and glc).

CAVEAT: This does not work for nlevel glosses.

Comments are included for most lines. So, see MWE for comments on the explanation for why/what is happening.

documentclass[a4paper,12pt,final]{memoir}



usepackage{xpatch}



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% (begin) ExPex update to allow arrows

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

makeatletter

@ifclassloaded{memoir}{lettttexttt}{}%This is required, because expex uses tt, which memoir does not allow

makeatother

% Include ExPex for having sentences with glossing and translation

usepackage{expex}



makeatletter

% Create an additional gl@maxhtlast (to complement existing gl@maxdplast)

%% --inside glw@updatelists

newdimengl@maxhtlast

xpatchcmd{glw@updatelists}

    {globalgl@maxdplast=glw@maxdp}

    {globalgl@maxhtlast=glw@maxht

    globalgl@maxdplast=glw@maxdp}

    {}{}%



% Add a new box to overlay arrows (or whatever) to the left side of the top interlinear gloss line

%% --inside glw@printilg@a

xpatchcmd{glw@printilg@a}

    {glw@printilg@b par }

    {glw@printilg@b par %



    % DO NOTHING, IF NO GLARROW WAS SPECIFIED BY USER

    ifxling@glarrowempty%

        %do nothing

    % OTHERWISE, USER DID SPECIFY A GLARROW

    else%

        % Create new dimension for above skips (e.g. aboveglaskip, aboveglbskip, aboveglcskip etc.)

        newdimendim@aboveskip%

        % Give a default value of 0pt

        globaldim@aboveskip=0pt%

        % Create a new counter for the number if interlinear gloss lines

        newcountnumglwlines%

        % Give a default value of 0

        globalnumglwlines=0%



        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

        %% Loop through one GLWORD

        %%% Calculate the abovegl<N>skip total (into dim@aboveskip)

        %%% and Count number of gloss lines (into numglwlines)

        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



        % DON'T MODIFY EXISTING TOKENS, LISTS, OR OPERATORS (TO BE SAFE)

        % INSTEAD, USE A TEMPORARY VERSION WITH THE SAME VALUE

        lettemp@currentitem@currentitem%

        letcountlineslistmainlist%

        letgl@lop@tempgl@lop%



        % Get the first GLWORD from token list

        % and use it to to count the interlinear gloss lines

        gl@lop@tempcountlineslisttotemp@currentitemrelax%

        % If the item is empty, ignore.  Otherwise, count the lines

        ifxtemp@currentitemempty%

        else%

            % DON'T MODIFY EXISTING TOKENS, LISTS, OR OPERATORS (TO BE SAFE)

            % INSTEAD, USE A TEMPORARY VERSION WITH THE SAME VALUE

            lettemp@aboveskip@aboveskip%

            lettempaboveskiplistaboveskiplist%

            letgltoks@next@tempgltoks@next%

            letgl@lopTL@tempgl@lopTL%



            % GLWORD is not empty, therefore it contains at least one line

            % Add one to numglwlines counter

            globaladvancenumglwlines by 1%

            % Set value to TRUE to loop through GLWORD lines

            gl@loopmoretrue%

            loopifgl@loopmore%

                % Get the `aboveskip' value for current gloss line

                gl@loptempaboveskiplisttotemp@aboveskip%

                % If value is 0pt, do nothing

                ifdimtemp@aboveskip=0pt%

                    %do nothing

                % Otherwise, above skip value is set to something

                else%

                    % Store current dim@aboveskip value into temporary value

                    letdim@aboveskip@tempdim@aboveskip%

                    % Add current `above skip' value to existing sum of `above skip' values

                    globaldim@aboveskip=dimexprdim@aboveskip@temp+temp@aboveskiprelax%

                fi%

                % Get the next token (i.e. line) of the GLWORD

                gl@lopTLtemp@currentitemtogltoks@next@temp%

                % If token (line) is empty, we are finished looping

                ifxtemp@currentitemempty%

                    gl@loopmorefalse%

                % Otherwise, increment the number of lines, and continue looping

                else

                    globaladvancenumglwlines by 1%

                fi%

            repeat%

            % Set to FALSE as a precaution

            gl@loopmorefalse%

            % Free up memory of temporary items

            lettemp@aboveskiprelax%

            lettempaboveskiplistrelax%

            letgltoks@next@temprelax%

            letgl@lopTL@temprelax%

        fi%

        % Free up memory of temporary items

        lettemp@currentitemrelax%

        letcountlineslistrelax%

        letgl@lop@temprelax%

        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



        % Countdown of wrapped lines in the interlinear glosses `paragraph' to zero

        %% used for looping until we reach the final line

        newcountep@countdown@ilg@para@lines%

        ep@countdown@ilg@para@lines=prevgraf%

        % Number of wrapped lines in the interlinear glosses `paragraph'

        newcountep@num@ilg@para@lines%

        ep@num@ilg@para@lines=prevgraf%

        % Count the number of lines processed so far

        newcountep@num@lines%

        ep@num@lines=0%



        % Create a vbox to overlay on top of the interlinear glosses

        setbox0vbox

        {%

            ifnumnumglwlines=1%only gla exists

                %do nothing

            else%

                % If at least 2 paragraph lines, the initialize the vertical skip

                %% (note: the first line does not contain an arrow, so only other lines are `processed')

                ifnumep@num@ilg@para@lines>1%

                    %Shift upwards, the amount of space between each interlinear line

                    %e.g. between gla and glb, between glb and glc, etc.

                    %these spaces are defined by variables: aboveglbskip, aboveglcskip, aboveglftskip, etc.

                    vskip -dimexprdim@aboveskip*(ep@num@ilg@para@lines-1)relax%

                    %Shift upwards, the amount of gl@maxhtlast (height, not depth, of each glword)

                    vskip -dimexprgl@maxhtlast*numglwlines*(ep@num@ilg@para@lines-1)relax%

                    %Shift upwards, the amount of gl@maxdplast (depth, not height, of each glword)

                    vskip -dimexprgl@maxdplast*numglwlines*(ep@num@ilg@para@lines-1)relax%

                    %Shift upwards, the amount of lingextraglskip (interlinear skips)

                    vskip -dimexprlingextraglskip*(ep@num@ilg@para@lines-2)relax%

                fi%

            fi%



            % For some reason, the paragraph glue values

            % need be used in vskip

            % IS THIS ALWAYS TRUE??  ONLY SOMETIMES??

            vskip -thegluestretchparskip%

            vskip -theglueshrinkparskip%



            %Loop through the paragraph lines

            loop%

                ifnumep@countdown@ilg@para@lines=ep@num@ilg@para@lines%

                    %do nothing

                else%

                    ling@everygla%

                    newdimenep@dim@arrow@indent%

                    ep@dim@arrow@indent=0pt%

                    % If hangstyle is `normal' then use a consistent horizontal offset

                    ifnumep@glhangstyle=1%

                        % Use the standard hanging indent

                        ep@dim@arrow@indent=dimexprling@glhangindentrelax%

                    fi%

                    % If hangstyle is `cascade' then use a cascading horizontal offset

                    ifnumep@glhangstyle=2%

                        % Set offset to the hanging indent amount multiplied by the current line number

                        ep@dim@arrow@indent=dimexpr(ling@glhangindent*ep@num@lines)relax%

                    fi%

                    % Create hbox to contain the arrow and indent offset

                    hbox{%

                        % Create horizontal indentation

                        hspace*{ep@dim@arrow@indent}%

                        % Create the arrow

                        raisebox{-ling@aboveglarrowskip}[height][0pt]{llap{ling@glarrow}}%

                        % Use a vrule to make sure the line height is consistent

                        vrule heightdimexprgl@maxhtlastrelax depthdimexprgl@maxdplastrelax width 0pt%

                    }%



                    % Add `above skips' for one horizontal line of GLWORDS

                    vskip dim@aboveskip%

                    % Add remaining heights for one horizontal line of GLWORDS

                    vskip dimexpr(gl@maxdplast)*numexprnumglwlines-1relaxrelax%

                    % Add remaining depths for one horizontal line of GLWORDS

                    vskip dimexpr(gl@maxhtlast)*numexprnumglwlines-1relaxrelax%

                    % Add extraglskip vertical skip, if necessary

                    ifnumnumglwlines=1%only gla exists, no lingextraglskip is used in this case

                        %do nothing

                    else%

                        % If there are 3 or more wrapped lines, then also add

                        % vertical skip defined by extraglskip (lingextraglskip)

                        ifnumep@countdown@ilg@para@lines>1%

                            vskip lingextraglskip%

                        fi%

                    fi%

                fi%

                % Line countdown to zero (by increments of 1)

                advanceep@countdown@ilg@para@lines -1%

                % Processed line counter (by increments of 1)

                advanceep@num@lines 1%

                % If countdown has not reached zero yet, keep looping

                ifnumep@countdown@ilg@para@lines>0%

                    repeat%

            }%



            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

            % Display the vbox content

            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

            % If only one line, GLWORDS function similar to a regular paragraph

            %% therefore, use a raisebox to overlap the arrows

            ifnumnumglwlines=1

                raisebox{dimexpr(gl@maxhtlast+gl@maxdplast)*(ep@num@ilg@para@lines-1)relax}[height][0pt]{box0}%

            % Otherwise, display the box normally (because overlapping is already possible)

            else%

                box0%

            fi%

            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



        fi%

    }

    {}{}%



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%% DEFINE TWO NEW KEYS FOR USE WITHIN lingset{}

%%% glarrow -> an arrow symbol (but could be any symbol or text)

%%% aboveglarrowskip -> vertical space above the arrow (similar to aboveglbskip and aboveglcskip)

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

define@lingkey{glarrow}{defling@glarrow{#1}}%

lingset{glarrow=}%

define@lingkey{aboveglarrowskip}{defling@aboveglarrowskip{#1}}%

lingset{aboveglarrowskip=0pt}%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



makeatother



lingset{numoffset=leftmargin,%

        textoffset=0.75em,%

        extraglskip=!1.1ex,%

        glspace=!0.01em,%

        belowglpreambleskip=!0ex,%

        aboveglbskip=-0.9ex,%

        aboveglcskip=-0.9ex,%

        aboveglftskip=-0.1ex,%

        exnotype=chapter.arabic,%

        aboveglarrowskip=0pt,%DEFAULT

        glarrow=tiny$hookrightarrow$,%DEFAULT IS glarrow= (i.e. empty)

        glhangstyle=cascade,%

        glhangindent=2em}%







begin{document}



let\=textsc

ex

   begingl

      gla

      Hom^{a}o sa v{c}^{o} p^{o} tha  ~{n}u nao ngu{a} hmua. ~{N}u dju{a} gu{a}, ~{n}u dju{a} v{c}u{o}ng ~{n}u, laih gui r^{e}o ~{n}u. Todang bboi r^{o}k jolan ~{n}u nao hma, ~{n}u bb^{o}h sa droi mru{a} du{o} bboi gah, a, hruh ~{n}u. //

      glb

      \{exist} one \{clf} person old \{3s} go do field \{3s} hold machete \{3s} hold hoe \{3s} and carry.on.back back.basket \{3s} while at along trail \{3s} go field \{3s} see one \{clf} peacock stay at \{drct} -- nest \{3s} //

      glft

      `There was an old person who went to work in the field. He took along his machete, he took along his hoe, and he carried his basket on his back. While he was on his way to the farm, he saw a peacock beside its nest.' //

   endgl

xe



end{document}

Which results in:

Also works with normal hanging style. Changing lingset{glhangstyle=cascade} to lingset{glhangstyle=normal} results in:

If you want the arrow (in this case), to point at the middle of the text instead of the baseline, you can use aboveglarrowskip to tweak the position. Changing lingset{aboveglarrowskip=0pt} (the default) to lingset{aboveglarrowskip=-2pt} results in:

You can choose to use other arrow symbols from other packages. For example, usepackage[mathb]{mathabx} and lingset{glarrow=tiny$drsh$}

Or, you can use usepackage{fdsymbol} and lingset{glarrow=tiny$Rdsh$}

If you want to use something other than an arrow, that's also fine. For example, lingset{glarrow=tiny{--test--}}

You can add some spacing, for example, lingset{glarrow={--test--hspace*{5pt}}}

Really, this patch is quite flexible. For example, you can throw in a TikZ arrow that is really big. But because the height will be too large, you can surround it in raisebox with zero height, using:

usepackage{tikz}



newcommand{myarrow}[1]{%

  begin{tikzpicture}[#1]%

    draw (0,2.7ex) -- (0,0) -- (0.75em,0);

    draw (0.55em,0.2em) -- (0.75em,0) -- (0.55em,-0.2em);

  end{tikzpicture}%

}





lingset{numoffset=leftmargin,%

        textoffset=0.75em,%

        extraglskip=!1.1ex,%

        glspace=!0.01em,%

        belowglpreambleskip=!0ex,%

        aboveglbskip=-0.9ex,%

        aboveglcskip=-0.9ex,%

        aboveglftskip=-0.1ex,%

        exnotype=chapter.arabic,%

        glarrow={raisebox{0pt}[0pt][0pt]{myarrow[scale=1.35,draw=red]}},%

        glhangstyle=cascade,%

        glhangindent=2em}%

and glhangstyle=normal

It is also great because you can use it universally via lingset{} or specify it for only individual exxe or pexxe examples. You only need to be using the standard glossing (not nlevel) and specify the symbol/text you want and a vertical skip (if desired).