\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} K_i &= \hex{5A827999} \quad \text{for $i=\phantom{0}0,\dots,19$} \\ K_i &= \hex{6ED9EBA1} \quad \text{for $i=20,\dots,39$} \\ K_i &= \hex{8F1BBCDC} \quad \text{for $i=40,\dots,59$} \\ K_i &= \hex{CA62C1D6} \quad \text{for $i=60,\dots,79$} \\ \end{aligned} \end{equation*} \end{document}