You can use the Info-validate
command to check whether any of
the ‘Next’, ‘Previous’, ‘Up’ or other node pointers fail to point to a
node. This command checks that every node pointer points to an
existing node. The Info-validate
command works only on Info
files, not on Texinfo files.
The texi2any
program validates pointers automatically, so you
do not need to use the Info-validate
command if you are using
texi2any
. With the customization variable
CHECK_NORMAL_MENU_STRUCTURE
set, texi2any
will also
warn if the nodes pointers (either explicitly or automatically set)
are not consistent with the order of node menu entries.
texi2any
does not check that every ‘Next’ pointer is matched
by a ‘Previous’ (in the node where the ‘Next’ points) which points back,
since it may be correct for a non standard document structure.
You only may need to use Info-validate
if you
are unable to run texi2any
and instead must create an Info file
using texinfo-format-region
or texinfo-format-buffer
, or
if you write an Info file from scratch.