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Nodes
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  "Nodes" are the primary segments of a Texinfo file.  They do not
themselves impose a hierarchical or any other kind of structure on a
file.  Nodes contain "node pointers" that name other nodes, and can
contain "menus" which are lists of nodes.  In Info, the movement
commands can carry you to a pointed-to node or to a node listed in a
menu.  Node pointers and menus provide structure for Info files just as
chapters, sections, subsections, and the like, provide structure for
printed books.

Two Paths

Different commands to structure

Info output and printed output.

Node Menu Illustration

A diagram, and sample nodes and menus.

node

Creating nodes, in detail.

makeinfo Pointer Creation

Letting makeinfo determine node pointers.

anchor

Defining arbitrary cross-reference targets.