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3.4.3 '@title', '@subtitle', and '@author'
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You can use the '@title', '@subtitle', and '@author' commands to create
a title page in which the vertical and horizontal spacing is done for
you automatically.  This contrasts with the method described in the
previous section, in which the '@sp' command is needed to adjust
vertical spacing.

  Write the '@title', '@subtitle', or '@author' commands at the
beginning of a line followed by the title, subtitle, or author.  The
'@author' command may be used for a quotation in an '@quotation' block
(Note: @quotation); except for that, it is an error to use any of
these commands outside of '@titlepage'.

  The '@title' command produces a line in which the title is set flush
to the left-hand side of the page in a larger than normal font.  The
title is underlined with a black rule.  The title must be given on a
single line in the source file; it will be broken into multiple lines of
output is needed.

  For long titles, the '@*' command may be used to specify the line
breaks in long titles if the automatic breaks do not suit.  Such
explicit line breaks are generally reflected in all output formats; if
you only want to specify them for the printed output, use a conditional
(Note: Conditionals).  For example:

     @title This Long Title@inlinefmt{tex,@*} Is Broken in @TeX{}

  The '@subtitle' command sets subtitles in a normal-sized font flush to
the right-hand side of the page.

  The '@author' command sets the names of the author or authors in a
middle-sized font flush to the left-hand side of the page on a line near
the bottom of the title page.  The names are followed by a black rule
that is thinner than the rule that underlines the title.

  There are two ways to use the '@author' command: you can write the
name or names on the remaining part of the line that starts with an
'@author' command:

     @author by Jane Smith and John Doe

or you can write the names one above each other by using multiple
'@author' commands:

     @author Jane Smith
     @author John Doe

  A template for this method looks like this:

     @titlepage
     @title NAME-OF-MANUAL-WHEN-PRINTED
     @subtitle SUBTITLE-IF-ANY
     @subtitle SECOND-SUBTITLE
     @author AUTHOR
     @page
     ...
     @end titlepage