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The <preamble> is text at the beginning of all output files. It is not intended to be visible by default in an Info viewer, but may be displayed upon user request.
<preamble> = <identification> # "This is FILENAME, produced by ..." <copying text> # Expansion of @copying text. <dir entries> # Derived from @dircategory and @direntry.
These pieces are:
An arbitrary string beginning the output file, followed by a blank line.
The expansion of a @copying
environment, if the manual has
one (see @copying
).
The result of any @dircategory
and @direntry
commands present in the manual (see Installing Dir Entries).