On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:18, Karl Berry wrote: > In the texinfo documentation under nodes there is a section titled > "Creating Pointers with 'makeinfo'". But it does not explain how to do > this. > > Yes, that section could stand some expansion and examples. > > It's not so much what you do as what you don't do. In brief, > 1) write each node with just the node name, no other pointers. > 2) put a sectioning command after each @node command. > 3) include menus showing the order (this isn't logically necessary, but > it's a limitation of the current implementation). You can use the > texinfo.el mode commands in Emacs to get these defined/updated. > (Described in the texinfo manual.) > 4) the document must be a normal hierarchy, meaning chapters at the top > level, sections beneath, subsections beneath that. > I did this at least I thought I did.. see below
> For example: > > @menu > * Whatever:: > ... > @end menu > > @node Whatever > @chapter Whatever this means > ... > > @menu > * Subtopic:: > * Another subtopic:: > ... > @end menu > > @node Subtopic > @section This subtopic > ... > This is where I messed it up. I used subsection instead of section. Stupid me sections come before subsections :) > @node Another subtopic > @section Another subtopic > ... > > > For a real example, see > >http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/texinfo/texinfo/doc/info-stnd.texi?rev=HEAD > > Or most any current GNU manual, for that manual. > > Hope this helps, let me know if you still can't get going. > > karl Thanks Richard _______________________________________________ Help-texinfo mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-texinfo
