Command/startalignment

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Last modified: 2025-10-08

Summary

The environment \startalignment ... \stopalignment is used for ...

Settings

\startalignment[...,...] ... \stopalignment
[...,...] inherits from \setupalign

Description

Use a different alignment for the content between \startalignment ...\stopalignment . For a description of the keys, see \setupalign .

If one wants to center a figure, a table, or something similar, one should add \dontleavehmode.

Examples

Example 1

  • \setupalign[flushleft, nothyphenated]
    
    \input ward
    
    \startalignment[flushright]
    \input ward
    \stopalignment
    

Example 2

  • % Tell the wiki engine where the cow is located
    \setupexternalfigures[location={local,default}]
    
    \input ward
    
    \startalignment[middle]% or center
    \dontleavehmode
    \externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]
    \stopalignment
    

Notes

  • By Taco on 2023-09-12T21:36:06+0200 :

This environment is called \startalignment, but inherits from \setupalign. This environment is not to be confused with \startalign (which aligns items with eachother inside mathematical formulas).

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