GNU Texinfo is a free computer program for generating documentation in multiple formats from one set of source code. "Texinfo" also refers to the syntax of the language and any source file used as input for the application.

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Texinfo allows to structure a document like a book with chapters, sections, cross references and indices. The source is plain text with embedded formatting commands marked with "@". A sample of a part of a source file: @ifnottex @node Top @top Short Sample @insertcopying @end ifnottex @menu * First Chapter:: The first chapter is the only chapter in this sample. * Index:: Complete index. @end menu

The commands mark structure such as chapters or denote a part of the source to be processed only for certain types of output.

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Google Launches 'Chrome' Web Browser
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400
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Katie Couric tests the waters with live webcasts
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Wilmington, N.C., which is scheduled to make the switch Monday, is in Hanna's path. Rumbling toward the Carolina coast, Tropical Storm Hanna may force the delay of the nation's first test of the digital television conversion.

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