\documentclass{manual}
\usepackage{palatino}
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{cmtt}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{cmss}
\newcommand{\myhdl}{{MyHDL}}

\title{The \myhdl\ manual}

\input{boilerplate}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\input{copyright}

\begin{abstract}

\noindent
\myhdl\ is a Python package for using Python as a hardware description
language. 

\end{abstract}

\tableofcontents

\input{background.tex}
\input{informal.tex}
\input{modeling.tex}
\input{unittest.tex}
\input{reference.tex}

\end{document}