Hi folks, In updating groff's Texinfo manual for its imminent[1] first release candidate for version 1.24.0, I'm fixing some warts. A colleague, Alexis Hildebrandt, pointed out that it's no longer necessary in Texinfo input to maintain node pointers (arguments after the first to a @node command). This is/was a huge ergonomic win in my opinion, but I can't find a straightforward mention of it in the Texinfo NEWS file.
The closest thing seems to be this, from the entry for Texinfo 5.0.
---snip---
. The old implementation accepted ``irregular'' sectioning trees. Now,
when @node pointers are implicitly determined, the consistency of
@menu and the sectioning tree is checked. (If node pointers are
explicitly specified in the document, the tree can still be irregular.)
---end snip---
This use of passive voice doesn't tell me when implicit determination of
@node pointers became a Texinfo feature.
Can someone tell me?
Regards,
Branden
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