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<h4 class="subsection">3.2.2 Start of Header</h4>

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A start-of-header line is a Texinfo comment that looks like this:

<pre class="example">     @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 <code>@setfilename</code> and
<code>@settitle</code> lines and, optionally, with other commands that
globally affect the document formatting, such as <code>@synindex</code> or
<code>@footnotestyle</code>; and then by an end-of-header line (see <a href="End-of-Header.html#End-of-Header">End of Header</a>).

  <p>The start- and end-of-header lines allow you to format only part of a
Texinfo file for Info or printing.  See <a href="texinfo_002dformat-commands.html#texinfo_002dformat-commands">texinfo-format commands</a>.

  <p>The odd string of characters, &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">%**</span></samp>&rsquo;, 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>tex-start-of-header</code> and/or
<code>tex-end-of-header</code> Emacs variables.  See <a href="Texinfo-Mode-Printing.html#Texinfo-Mode-Printing">Texinfo Mode Printing</a>.

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