Sorry for sending this again: I forgot a closing "}" in \type{FLalign]…)}… Hi, Is this what you want to achieve: %%%%%% begin \starttext From Aditya's \type{mathalign.pdf}, where he defines in fact a \type{\definemathalignment[flalign]}, (but I prefer \type{FLalign]…)} one has \definemathalignment[FLalign] [m=2, distance=5em plus 1 fil] %We need to set a default value for m Curiouslearn' input was: \startformula \startalign \NC\text{\bf Example: } \frac{d(4x^{2})}{dx} = 4 \frac{dx^{2}}{dx} = 4 (2x) = 8x.\NC{ }\NR \stopalign \stopformula \startformula \startFLalign %% here you can add [m=2] or [m=3] if you need more columns \NC\text{\bf Example: } \frac{d(4x^{2})}{dx} = 4 \frac{dx^{2}}{dx} = 4 (2x) = 8x.\NC \NC \NR %% note twice \NC \stopFLalign \stopformula \stoptext %%%%%% end Best regards: OK On 30 nov. 2009, at 00:45, Curiouslearn wrote:

Hi, Can someone please help with the alignment of the equation so that it starts at left. I tried flushleft and other options (such as without \NC \NR, with align=left etc.). None of them result in the equation starting at the left margin. The equation is either placed in the middle or is aligned to the right. I want it to start at the left.

Thanks.

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\startformula\startalign[align={left}] \NC\text{\bf Example: } \frac{d(4x^{2})}{dx} = 4 \frac{dx^{2}}{dx} = 4 (2x) = 8x.\NC{ }\NR \stopalign\stopformula

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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, Curiouslearn wrote:

Hi, Can someone please help with the alignment of the equation so that it starts at left. I tried flushleft and other options (such as without \NC \NR, with align=left etc.). None of them result in the equation starting at the left margin. The equation is either placed in the middle or is aligned to the right. I want it to start at the left.

Thanks.

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\startformula\startalign[align={left}] \NC\text{\bf Example: } \frac{d(4x^{2})}{dx} = 4 \frac{dx^{2}}{dx} = 4 (2x) = 8x.\NC{ }\NR \stopalign\stopformula

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The correct way to do this is \setupformulas[align=flushleft] \starttext \startformula a = b \stopformula \stoptext However, this does not work in MkIV due to a bug introduced in the splitting of mkii-mkiv files. math alignment works using commands \def\startinnermath {\getvalue{\e!start\??fm\formulaparameter\c!align}} \def\stopinnermath {\getvalue{\e!stop \??fm\formulaparameter\c!align}} which are defined in math-ali.mkiv. However, strc-mat.mkiv redefines these to \empty, so the simple math alignment does not work anymore. Hans: we need to either move these definitions from math-ali to strc-mat or remove \let\startinnermath\empty \let\stopinnermath \empty from strc-mat.mkiv Aditya