\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_0 &= \hex{67452301} \quad B_0 = \hex{EFCDAB89} \quad C_0 = \hex{98BADCFE}\\ D_0 &= \hex{10325476} \quad E_0 = \hex{C3D2E1F0} \end{aligned} \end{equation*} \end{document}