You can use the standard headings provided with Texinfo or specify your own.
Texinfo provides six commands for specifying headings and
footings. The @everyheading
command and
@everyfooting
command generate page headers and footers
that are the same for both even- and odd-numbered pages.
The @evenheading
command and @evenfooting
command generate headers and footers for even-numbered
(left-hand) pages; and the @oddheading
command and
@oddfooting
command generate headers and footers for
odd-numbered (right-hand) pages.
Write custom heading specifications in the Texinfo file immediately
after the @end titlepage
command. Enclose your specifications
between @iftex
and @end iftex
commands since the
texinfo-format-buffer
command may not recognize them. Also,
you must cancel the predefined heading commands with the
@headings off
command before defining your own
specifications.
Here is how to tell TeX to place the chapter name at the left, the page number in the center, and the date at the right of every header for both even- and odd-numbered pages:
@iftex @headings off @everyheading @thischapter @| @thispage @| @today{} @end iftex
You need to divide the left part from the central part and the central part from the right had part by inserting `@|' between parts. Otherwise, the specification command will not be able to tell where the text for one part ends and the next part begins.
Each part can contain text or @-commands. The text is printed as if the part were within an ordinary paragraph in the body of the page. The @-commands replace themselves with the page number, date, chapter name, or whatever.
Here are the six heading and footing commands:
@everyheading left @| center @| right
@everyfooting left @| center @| right
@evenheading left @| center @| right
@oddheading left @| center @| right
@evenfooting left @| center @| right
@oddfooting left @| center @| right
Use the `@this...' series of @-commands to
provide the names of chapters
and sections and the page number. You can use the
`@this...' commands in the left, center, or right portions
of headers and footers, or anywhere else in a Texinfo file so long as
they are between @iftex
and @end iftex
commands.
Here are the `@this...' commands:
@thispage
@thischaptername
@thischapter
@thistitle
@settitle
command.
@thisfile
@include
files only: expands to the name of the current
@include
file. If the current Texinfo source file is not an
@include
file, this command has no effect. This command does
not provide the name of the current Texinfo source file unless
it is an @include
file. (See section Include Files, for more
information about @include
files.)
You can also use the @today{}
command, which expands to the
current date, in `1 Jan 1900' format.
Other @-commands and text are printed in a header or footer just as if they were in the body of a page. It is useful to incorporate text, particularly when you are writing drafts:
@iftex @headings off @everyheading @emph{Draft!} @| @thispage @| @thischapter @everyfooting @| @| Version: 0.27: @today{} @end iftex
Beware of overlong titles: they may overlap another part of the header or footer and blot it out.
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