Re: @ref{Section 1.1.2} in @ifinfo section breaks makeinfo

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote:

> "makeinfo" exits with error if "@ref{Section 1.1.2}" exists in the
> starting section within "@address@hidden ifinfo".

What is the error message, please?

> If requested, I can send short (about 4kB) source of texinfo.

Please do, it will help to understand the problem.

> Sometimes, it is nice to point people for quick start skipping
> introduction.  Can this be enabled?

I suspect that the problem is your use of a period `.' in a node name (or 
was it a name of an anchor?).  This cannot be allowed, currently, because 
if we allow it, it will confuse Info browsers or TeX (or both).  This 
restriction on node names is documented in the Texinfo manual.

But I might have guessed wrong the actual nature of the problem; seeing 
the Texinfo source would help diagnose the problem unambiguously.