On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 11:40:27AM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > 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?
I cannot tell if it was already present in previous releases, but I just had a look at the code of Texinfo 5.0 and it seems to me that the nodes without any directions have directions completed. -- Pat
