\documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath} % we can define whatever comments we would like to use for consistency. % of course we have to somewhere list this special commands (may be we can use % a pop up with editiing help or somkething similar \newcommand{\rs}{\ensuremath{\gg}} %right shift >> \newcommand{\ls}{\ensuremath{\ll}} %left shift << \newcommand{\rr}{\ensuremath{\ggg}} %right rotate >>> \newcommand{\lr}{\ensuremath{\lll}} %left rotate <<< \newcommand{\hex}[1]{\texttt{#1}} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} %this ia a comment within the body %originally value was within begin/end equation \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} A_{i+1} &= A_i \lr 5 + W_i + f(B_i,C_i,D_i) + K_i\\ B_{i+1} &= A_i\\ C_{i+1} &= B_i \rr \\ D_{i+1} &= C_i\\ E_{i+1} &= D_i \end{aligned} \end{equation*} \end{document}