[ < ] | [ > ] |  | [ << ] | [ Up ] | [ >> ] |  |  |  |  | [Top] | [Contents] | [Index] | [ ? ]

### 2.3.1 Preamble Section

- A file may contain at most one preamble.
- The preamble, if any, is a consecutive sequence of lines beginning with the first line in the file.
- The first line of the preamble must begin with a hash (`#`) character.
- Subsequent lines of the preamble must either begin with a hash, or immediately follow a line that ends with a backslash (`\`) character (or both).

This document was generated on November 8, 2012 using texi2html 1.82.