Automatically centre `dots` between infix notation

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the repository code that parses or renders infix notation and any tests covering dots or ellipses. Compare the existing output for 1 + \dots + n and 1, \dots, n with the expected centered and lowered forms; done means both cases produce the requested placement without changing list behavior.

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Description

Description

Coming from Overleaf and TeX-style math, I am use to the compiler autommatically handling triples dots between different symbols.

For example, 1 + \dots + n will centre the dots like this: $1 + \dots + n$.
But keep the dots lowered for lists 1, \dots, n like this: $1,\dots, n$.

Use Case

Here is a Typst generated document.
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And here is Overleaf's generated document.
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Although it can be easy enough for a human to add a ".c" when needed, this change would make it easier for machine generated documents (e.g. Quarto, Pandoc) to maintain a similar appearence between formats, and more consistant for users coming from TeX-style math.

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Rust
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