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<span id="Texinfo-File-Header-1"></span><h3 class="section">3.2 Texinfo File Header</h3>
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<p>Texinfo files start with at least two lines. These are the
<code>\input texinfo</code> line and the <code>@settitle</code> line.
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<p>Also, if you want to format just part of the Texinfo file in Emacs,
you must write the <code>@settitle</code> line between start-of-header and
end-of-header lines. These start- and end-of-header lines are optional,
but they do no harm, so you might as well always include them.
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<p>Any command that affects document formatting as a whole makes sense to
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_0040setfilename.html" accesskey="3"><code>@setfilename</code></a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Tell Info the name of the Info file.
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