Aliases in typst commands

[jassler]

For a couple of commands, Typst offers shorthand notations (see, i.e., here for arrow symbols).

For example, capital letters in math.bb(A) can be written by repeating the same letter twice (AA, BB, etc. for all capital letters)

Here's a list of arrows that also have shorthands.

|             Longhand | Shorthand |
|            gt        | >         |
|            lt        | <         |
|            gt.eq     | >=        |
|            lt.eq     | <=        |
|            lt.double | <<        |
|            lt.triple | <<<       |
|            gt.double | >>        |
|            gt.triple | >>>       |
| arrow.r              | ->        |
| arrow.r.long         | -->       |
| arrow.r.bar          | |->       |
| arrow.r.tail         | >->       |
| arrow.r.twohead      | ->>       |
| arrow.l              | <-        |
| arrow.l.long         | <--       |
| arrow.l.tail         | <-<       |
| arrow.l.twohead      | <<-       |
| arrow.l.r            | <->     * |
| arrow.l.r.long       | <-->      |
| arrow.r.squiggly     | ~>        |
| arrow.r.long.squiggly| ~~>       |
| arrow.l.squiggly     | <~        |
| arrow.l.long.squiggly| <~~       |
| arrow.r.double       | =>        |
| arrow.r.double.bar   | |=>       |
| arrow.r.double.long  | ==>       |
| arrow.l.double.long  | <==       |
| arrow.l.r.double     | <=>       |
| arrow.l.r.double.long| <==>      |
| bracket.l.double     | [|      † |
| bracket.r.double     | |]      † |
| bar.double           | ||      * |

* Hieroglyphic actually suggests the shorthands for arrow.l.r and bar.double
† bracket.r.double and bracket.l.double are deprecated, instead use bracket.r.stroked and bracket.l.stroked

[FineFindus]

Thanks for the info, I think this issue is missing an actionable request?

[jassler]

Ah, sorry for missing that. I believe the app should prioritize the shorthand notations instead of the long names (i.e., instead of arrow.l.squiggly, suggest the shorthand notation <~). Maybe it's also possible to display both the shorthand and the longhand notation for completeness' sake, but to me that's probably not necessary.

Two additional minor points I want to highlight from the original issue:

• bracket.l.double should be bracket.l.stroked, and bracket.r.double should be bracket.r.stroked.
• Small note, for arrow.l.r and bar.double, Hieroglyphic already proposes the shorthand notation <-> and || instead of their full names.