### 3.4.6 The `@headings` Command

The `@headings` command is rarely used. It specifies what kind of page headings and footings to print on each page. Usually, this is controlled by the `@setchapternewpage` command. You need the `@headings` command only if the `@setchapternewpage` command does not do what you want, or if you want to turn off pre-defined page headings prior to defining your own. Write an `@headings` command immediately after the `@end titlepage` command.

You can use `@headings` as follows:

`@headings off`

  Turn off printing of page headings.

`@headings single`

  Turn on page headings appropriate for single-sided printing.

`@headings double`
`@headings on`

  Turn on page headings appropriate for double-sided printing. The two commands, `@headings on` and `@headings double`, are synonymous.

`@headings singleafter`
`@headings doubleafter`

  Turn on `single` or `double` headings, respectively, after the current page is output.

`@headings on`

  Turn on page headings: `single` if ‘`@setchapternewpage on`’, `double` otherwise.

For example, suppose you write `@setchapternewpage off` before the `@titlepage` command to tell TeX to start a new chapter on the same page as the end of the last chapter. This command also causes TeX to typeset page headers for single-sided printing. To cause TeX to typeset for double sided printing, write `@headings double` after the `@end titlepage` command.

You can stop TeX from generating any page headings at all by writing `@headings off` on a line of its own immediately after the line containing the `@end titlepage` command, like this:

    @end titlepage
    @headings off

The `@headings off` command overrides the `@end titlepage` command, which would otherwise cause TeX to print page headings.

You can also specify your own style of page heading and footing. See Page Headings, for more information.