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2 Writing a Texinfo File ¶

This chapter describes Texinfo syntax and what is required in a Texinfo file, and gives a short sample file.

• General Syntactic Conventions
• Comments
• What a Texinfo File Must Have
• Short Sample
• Texinfo File Header
• Directory Category
• Document Permissions
• Title and Copyright Pages
• Generating a Table of Contents
• The ‘Top’ Node and Master Menu
• The Body of the Document
• Ending a Texinfo File