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5 Chapter Structuring
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Texinfo's "chapter structuring" commands (could more generally be called
"sectioning structuring", but that is awkward) divide a document into a
hierarchy of chapters, sections, subsections, and subsubsections.  These
commands generate large headings in the text, like the one above.  They
also provide information for generating the table of contents (Note:
Generating a Table of Contents.), and for implicitly
determining node pointers, as is recommended (Note: makeinfo Pointer
Creation).

  The chapter structuring commands do not create a node structure, so
normally you put an '@node' command immediately before each chapter
structuring command (Note: Nodes).  The only time you are likely to
use the chapter structuring commands without also using nodes is if you
are writing a document that contains no cross references and will only
be printed, not transformed into Info, HTML, or other formats.

Tree Structuring

A manual is like an upside down tree ...

Structuring Command Types

How to divide a manual into parts.

@chapter

Chapter structuring.

@unnumbered @appendix

@majorheading @chapheading

@section

@unnumberedsec @appendixsec @heading

@subsection

@unnumberedsubsec @appendixsubsec @subheading

@subsubsection

Commands for the lowest level sections.

@part

Collections of chapters.

Raise/lower sections

How to change commands' hierarchical level.