Why do contents after `&` affect alignment?

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1

Hi.

$
  #[hello]&= \
  #[world]& \
$

$
  #[hello]&= \
  #[world]&= \
$

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Why is the first world slightly shifted to the right?

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2

Hello. Maybe the same reason it happens with this:

$
  a &) \
  a &=
$

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$
  "hello" & = \
  "world" &
$

$
  "hello" & = \
  "world" & =
$

It aligns it with the equal sign.
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3

Thanks for answering!

In my initial mental model, & should be a separator, instead of attached to a character. In what layer is Typst’s alignment system? Is it builtin the rust engine or can I replace it with some custom package function?

4

Math alignment

If no explicit packages are used in a document, then it’s baked into the compiler written in Rust. You can change its behavior by patching the source code.

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