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 T_EX 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

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:

Here are the `@this...' commands:

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