On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 12:22:02PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Exactly. In the long term, it would be easier for documentation writers > > if node names are optional. > > But the node names are important, they are shown by the Info readers. > So the authors are well advised to think about the node names. For > example, they should be short enough to make them easy to type and > read in a menu, and so that they can be nicely displayed in the > "bread-crumbs" display at the top of the current node.
That may be so, but it is still very common for Texinfo documents to use exactly the same text for the section title as for the node name, or text which is very similar. I don't believe in inconveniencing the user to "force" them to think about the node name. All we should do is mention some considerations in the documentation for node names, such as making them short and easy to type, and differing from each other earlier on to allow easier completion.
