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Title and Copyright Pages

In hard copy output, the manual's name and author are usually printed on a title page. Copyright information is usually printed on the back of the title page.

The title and copyright pages appear in the printed manual, but not in the Info file. Because of this, it is possible to use several slightly obscure TeX typesetting commands that cannot be used in an Info file. In addition, this part of the beginning of a Texinfo file contains the text of the copying permissions that appears in the printed manual.

You may wish to include titlepage-like information for plain text output. Simply place any such leading material between @ifplaintext and @end ifplaintext; makeinfo includes this when writing plain text (--no-headers), along with an @insertcopying.

• titlepage: Create a title for the printed document.
• titlefont center sp: The @titlefont, @center, and @sp commands.
• title subtitle author: The @title, @subtitle, and @author commands.
• Copyright: How to write the copyright notice and include copying permissions.
• end titlepage: Turn on page headings after the title and copyright pages.
• headings on off: An option for turning headings on and off and double or single sided printing.