\setupformula

Summary

The command \setupformula is used to define properties of formulae.

\setupformula[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	name
location	left right
align	left middle right flushleft center flushright normal
split	yes no page
strut	yes no
distance	dimension
left	command
right	command
spacebefore	see \blank
spaceafter	see \blank
numbercommand	oneargument
color	color
numberstyle	style command
numbercolor	color
option	packed tight middle frame depth line halfline -line -halfline see \setupbodyfont
margin	yes no standard dimension
leftmargin	dimension
rightmargin	dimension
alternative	name
indentnext	yes no auto
grid	see \snaptogrid
frame	number
hang	none auto
expansion	yes no xml
referenceprefix	+ - text
xmlsetup	name
catcodes	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setupcounter

Option Explanation

location

placement of numbering. There’s also atleftmargin/atrightmargin (don’t use indent)

align

alignment of formula lines. There’s also slanted: first line left, last line right aligned.

split

line breaking behavior. There’s also line: no line breaking (can cause overfull hboxes)

left

in front of the number. default: “(”

right

after the number. default: “)”

margin

left and right indent

For RtL documents, there’s order=reverse to switch the number alignment.

The math manual mentions margindistance.

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