Re: No such node or ancher

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 18:38:18 +0200 (CEST)
> From: excalamus--- via Users list for the Texinfo documentation system 
> <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> 
> I'm trying to create an @xref to an @anchor.  When clicking the reference, 
> Emacs says,
> 
> "No such node or anchor: x-spot"
> 
> I have taken the sample file from (texinfo) Short Sample Texinfo File and 
> copied the anchor example given in (texinfo) @anchor.  I put the anchor 
> command in Chapter 1 and the reference in the Index.  makeinfo complains 
> about no VERSION or UPDATED flags, but is otherwise silent.  Clicking on the 
> reference takes me to Top and displays the error message.  I would expect it 
> to take me to the anchor.  Am I doing something wrong?

I cannot reproduce this with Texinfo 6.8: your file works for me
(after I @set VERSION and UPDATED and convert the NBSP characters to
spaces).

Which version of Texinfo do you have, and which version of Emacs?