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| <h4 class="subsubsection subsection-level-set-subsubsection" id="Using-Info_002dvalidate-1">D.9.6.1 Using <code class="code">Info-validate</code></h4> |
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| <p>To use <code class="code">Info-validate</code>, visit the Info file you wish to check and |
| type: |
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| <pre class="example-preformatted">M-x Info-validate |
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| <p>Note that the <code class="code">Info-validate</code> command requires an uppercase |
| ‘I’. You may also need to create a tag table before running |
| <code class="code">Info-validate</code>. See <a class="xref" href="Tagifying.html">Tagifying a File</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p>If your file is valid, you will receive a message that says “File appears |
| valid”. However, if you have a pointer that does not point to a node, |
| error messages will be displayed in a buffer called ‘<samp class="samp">*problems in |
| info file*</samp>’. |
| </p> |
| <p>For example, <code class="code">Info-validate</code> was run on a test file that contained |
| only the first node of this manual. One of the messages said: |
| </p> |
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| <pre class="example-preformatted">In node "Overview", invalid Next: Texinfo Mode |
| </pre></div> |
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| <p>This meant that the node called ‘<samp class="samp">Overview</samp>’ had a ‘Next’ pointer that |
| did not point to anything (which was true in this case, since the test file |
| had only one node in it). |
| </p> |
| <p>Now suppose we add a node named ‘<samp class="samp">Texinfo Mode</samp>’ to our test case |
| but we do not specify a ‘Previous’ for this node. Then we will get |
| the following error message: |
| </p> |
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| <pre class="example-preformatted">In node "Texinfo Mode", should have Previous: Overview |
| </pre></div> |
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| <p>This is because every ‘Next’ pointer should be matched by a |
| ‘Previous’ (in the node where the ‘Next’ points) which points back. |
| </p> |
| <p><code class="code">Info-validate</code> also checks that all menu entries and cross-references |
| point to actual nodes. |
| </p> |
| <p><code class="code">Info-validate</code> requires a tag table and does not work with files |
| that have been split. (The <code class="code">texinfo-format-buffer</code> command |
| automatically splits large files.) In order to use <code class="code">Info-validate</code> |
| on a large file, you must run <code class="code">texinfo-format-buffer</code> with an |
| argument so that it does not split the Info file; and you must create a |
| tag table for the unsplit file. |
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