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Here is a complete, short sample Texinfo file, without any commentary. You can see this file, with comments, in the first chapter. See Short Sample.
In a nutshell: The makeinfo program transforms a Texinfo
source file such as this into an Info file or HTML; and TeX typesets
it for a printed manual.
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c %**start of header
@setfilename sample.info
@settitle Sample Manual 1.0
@c %**end of header
@copying
This is a short example of a complete Texinfo file.
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@end copying
@titlepage
@title Sample Title
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
@end titlepage
@c Output the table of the contents at the beginning.
@contents
@ifnottex
@node Top
@insertcopying
@end ifnottex
@menu
* First Chapter:: The first chapter is the
only chapter in this sample.
* Index:: Complete index.
@end menu
@node First Chapter
@chapter First Chapter
@cindex chapter, first
This is the first chapter.
@cindex index entry, another
Here is a numbered list.
@enumerate
@item
This is the first item.
@item
This is the second item.
@end enumerate
@node Index
@unnumbered Index
@printindex cp
@bye