I spoke too fast, the following code produces an error in the cross reference, it seems to me it doesn't like @cdot there:
! Missing @endcsname inserted. <to be read again> @cdot @safexrefname ->X Il$@cdot $lustre-title This is the code that produces it: \input texinfo @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; documentlanguage: ca -*- @setfilename catalan.info @settitle Prova @documentencoding UTF-8 @documentlanguage ca @afourpaper @node X Il·lustre @chapter chap Hello. @xref{X Il·lustre}. @thistitle Una prova il·lustre company, iłlustre company, L·L Łl ja està. @U{013F} @U{0140} @bye -- Walter Garcia-Fontes