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<h3 class="section">21.8 TeX Formatting Requirements Summary</h3>
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<p>Every Texinfo file that is to be input to TeX must begin with a
<code>\input</code> command and must contain an <code>@setfilename</code> command:
</p>
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<pre class="example">\input texinfo
@setfilename <var>arg-not-used-by-TeX</var>
</pre></div>

<p>The first command instructs TeX to load the macros it needs to
process a Texinfo file and the second command opens auxiliary files.
</p>
<p>Every Texinfo file must end with a line that terminates TeX&rsquo;s
processing and forces out unfinished pages:
</p>
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<pre class="example">@bye
</pre></div>

<p>Strictly speaking, these lines are all a Texinfo file needs to be
processed successfully by TeX.
</p>
<p>Usually, however, the beginning includes an <code>@settitle</code> command to
define the title of the printed manual, an <code>@setchapternewpage</code>
command, a title page, a copyright page, and permissions.  Besides an
<code>@bye</code>, the end of a file usually includes indices and a table of
contents.  (And of course most manuals contain a body of text as well.)
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<li> <a href="_0040settitle.html#g_t_0040settitle"><tt>@settitle</tt></a>.
</li><li> <a href="_0040setchapternewpage.html#g_t_0040setchapternewpage"><tt>@setchapternewpage</tt></a>.
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