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| <h4 class="subsection" id="Info-Format_003a-Preamble">F.1.2 Info Format: Preamble</h4> |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Preamble_002c-in-Info-format"></a> |
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| <p>The <code class="t"><preamble></code> is text at the beginning of all output files. |
| It is not intended to be visible by default in an Info viewer, but |
| may be displayed upon user request. |
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| <pre class="example-preformatted"> <preamble> = |
| <identification> # "This is FILENAME, produced by ..." |
| <copying text> # Expansion of @copying text. |
| <dir entries> # Derived from @dircategory and @direntry. |
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| <dt><code class="t"><identification line></code></dt> |
| <dd><p>An arbitrary string beginning the output file, followed by a blank |
| line. |
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| <dt><code class="t"><copying text></code></dt> |
| <dd><p>The expansion of a <code class="code">@copying</code> environment, if the manual has |
| one (see <a class="pxref" href="_0040copying.html"><code class="code">@copying</code>: Declare Copying Permissions</a>). |
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| <dt><code class="t"><dir entries></code></dt> |
| <dd><p>The result of any <code class="code">@dircategory</code> and <code class="code">@direntry</code> |
| commands present in the manual (see <a class="pxref" href="Installing-Dir-Entries.html">Installing Info Directory Files</a>). |
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