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From: Charles Berry <ccberry@ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: Name for part of Org mode buffer before first headline
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Thomas S. Dye <tsd <at> tsdye.com> writes:

> 
> Aloha all,
> 
> Is there a canonical name for the part of the Org mode buffer before the
> first headline?
> 
> I checked the manual and probed my failure-prone memory off and on over
> the last few days, but didn't come up with anything.
> 
> I'm looking for the Org mode equivalent of LaTeX's preamble.

Well, if you want a suggestion how 'bout

  ante matter

which (mixing Latin and English and punning with physics) is the stuff
before THE stuff.

Or just 'ante' - what you put down before you begin to play.

Chuck