Thanks for the explanation.

AUTO_SECTION_NODE is a feature I really like. Thank you for all the effort
you’ve put into it!


On Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 10:14 PM Gavin Smith <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 09:48:11PM +0800, Aidan Zhai wrote:
> > 1. AUTO_SECTION_NODE says:
> >
> >                 “If set, insert nodes for sectioning commands lacking
> > a corresponding node.”
> >
> > 2. @heading is documented in the "Chapter Structuring" chapter, so I
> > expected it to be treated as a sectioning command.
> >
> > However, I found that `AUTO_SECTION_NODE` doesn't generate a node for
> > `@heading`, which confuses me.
> >
>
> Yes, the documentation uses the term "sectioning command" inconsistently.
> I noticed this recently and I have in mind to revise this.
>
> My understanding is that @heading is not a sectioning command.  It's
> described
> in the chapter of the Texinfo documentation called "Chapter Structuring" so
> we could describe it as a "chapter structuring command" or "structuring
> command".
>

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