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| <h4 class="subsection" id="Start-of-Header-1">2.5.2 Start of Header</h4> |
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| <p>A start-of-header line is a Texinfo comment that looks like this: |
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| <pre class="example-preformatted">@c %**start of header |
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| <p>Write the start-of-header line on the second line of a Texinfo file. |
| Follow the start-of-header line with an <code class="code">@settitle</code> line and, |
| optionally, with other commands that globally affect the document |
| formatting, such as <code class="code">@synindex</code> or <code class="code">@footnotestyle</code>; and |
| then by an end-of-header line (see <a class="pxref" href="End-of-Header.html">End of Header</a>). |
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| <p>The start- and end-of-header lines allow you to format only part of a |
| Texinfo file for Info or printing. See <a class="xref" href="texinfo_002dformat-commands.html">The <code class="code">texinfo-format…</code> Commands</a>. |
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| <p>The odd string of characters, ‘<samp class="samp">%**</samp>’, is to ensure that no other |
| comment is accidentally taken for a start-of-header line. You can |
| change it if you wish by setting the <code class="code">tex-start-of-header</code> and/or |
| <code class="code">tex-end-of-header</code> Emacs variables. See <a class="xref" href="Texinfo-Mode-Printing.html">Formatting and Printing in Texinfo Mode</a>. |
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