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<span id="Sample-Texinfo-File-Beginning"></span><h3 class="section">3.1 Sample Texinfo File Beginning</h3>
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<p>The following sample shows what is needed. The elements given here are
explained in more detail in the following sections. Other commands are
often included at the beginning of Texinfo files, but the ones here are
the most critical.
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<p>See <a href="GNU-Sample-Texts.html">GNU Sample Texts</a>, for the full texts to be used in GNU manuals.
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<pre class="example">\input texinfo
@settitle <var>name-of-manual</var> <var>version</var>
@copying
This manual is for <var>program</var>, version <var>version</var>.
Copyright @copyright{} <var>years</var> <var>copyright-owner</var>.
</pre><pre class="example">@quotation
Permission is granted to …
@end quotation
@end copying
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</pre><pre class="example">@titlepage
@title <var>name-of-manual-when-printed</var>
@subtitle <var>subtitle-if-any</var>
@subtitle <var>second-subtitle</var>
@author <var>author</var>
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</pre><pre class="example">@c The following two commands
@c start the copyright page.
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
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Published by …
@end titlepage
@c So the toc is printed at the start.
@contents
@ifnottex
@node Top
@top <var>title</var>
This manual is for <var>program</var>, version <var>version</var>.
@end ifnottex
</pre><pre class="example">@menu
* First Chapter:: Getting started …
* Second Chapter:: …
…
* Copying:: Your rights and freedoms.
@end menu
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</pre><pre class="example">@node First Chapter
@chapter First Chapter
@cindex first chapter
@cindex chapter, first
…
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