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The First Node

The first node of a Texinfo file is the `Top' node, except in an included file (see section Include Files).

The `Top' node (which must be named `top' or `Top') should have as its `Up' and `Previous' nodes the name of a node in another file, where there is a menu that leads to this file. Specify the file name in parentheses. If the file is to be installed directly in the Info directory file, use `(dir)' as the parent of the `Top' node; this is short for `(dir)top', and specifies the `Top' node in the `dir' file, which contains the main menu for Info. For example, the @node Top line of this manual looks like this:

@node Top, Overview, (dir), (dir)

(You may use the Texinfo updating commands or the makeinfo utility to insert these `Next' and `(dir)' pointers automatically.)

See section Installing an Info File, for more information about installing an Info file in the `info' directory.

The `Top' node contains the main or master menu for the document.


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