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<h4 class="subsection">6.3.1 Choosing Node and Pointer Names</h4>

<p><a name="index-Node-names_002c-choosing-303"></a>The name of a node identifies the node (for details of node names,
see <a href="Node-Line-Requirements.html#Node-Line-Requirements">Node Line Requirements</a>).  The pointers enable you to reach
other nodes and consist simply of the names of those nodes.

  <p>Normally, a node's `Up' pointer contains the name of the node whose
menu mentions that node.  The node's `Next' pointer contains the name
of the node that follows the present node in that menu and its
`Previous' pointer contains the name of the node that precedes it in
that menu.  When a node's `Previous' node is the same as its `Up'
node, both node pointers name the same node.

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contains the main menu for all of Info.

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first node of a Texinfo file.

  <p>Even when you explicitly specify all pointers, that does not mean you
can write the nodes in the Texinfo source file in an arbitrary order! 
Because TeX processes the file sequentially, irrespective of node
pointers, you must write the nodes in the order you wish them to appear
in the output.

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