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<span id="TeX-Formatting-Requirements-Summary"></span><h3 class="section">19.8 TeX Formatting Requirements Summary</h3>
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<p>Every Texinfo file that is to be input to TeX must begin with a
<code>\input</code> command:
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<pre class="example">\input texinfo
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<p>This instructs TeX to load the macros it needs to process a Texinfo
file.
</p>
<p>Every Texinfo file must end with a line that terminates TeX’s
processing and forces out unfinished pages:
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<pre class="example">@bye
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<p>Strictly speaking, these two lines are all a Texinfo file needs to be
processed successfully by TeX.
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<p>Usually, however, the beginning includes a <code>@settitle</code> command
to define the title of the printed manual, a title page, a copyright
page, permissions, and a table of contents. Besides <code>@bye</code>, the
end of a file usually includes indices. (Not to mention that most
manuals contain a body of text as well.)
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<li> <a href="_0040settitle.html"><code>@settitle</code></a>.
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