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Creating Pointers with `makeinfo'
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The `makeinfo' program has a feature for automatically creating node
pointers for a hierarchically organized file that lacks them.
When you take advantage of this feature, you do not need to write the
`Next', `Previous', and `Up' pointers after the name of a node.
However, you must write a sectioning command, such as `@chapter' or
`@section', on the line immediately following each truncated `@node'
line. You cannot write a comment line after a node line; the section
line must follow it immediately.
In addition, you must follow the `Top' `@node' line with a line
beginning with `@top' to mark the `Top' node in the file. makeinfo top
Finally, you must write the name of each node (except for the `Top'
node) in a menu that is one or more hierarchical levels above the
node's hierarchical level.
This node pointer insertion feature in `makeinfo' is an alternative
to the menu and pointer creation and update commands in Texinfo mode.
(Updating Nodes and Menus). It is especially helpful to people
who do not use GNU Emacs for writing Texinfo documents.