Texi2dvi adds a full page for the text after @part, it is acceptable, But ugly. Not what anyone would want to print in a real book.
@node node before part @path the part Nodes cannot be associated with parts. That would break everything. * in any case, add <partintro> in DocBook output How about: @part Part Title @docbook <partintro>intro to part blah blah</partintro> @end docbook Does that work? That seems to me to best reflect the reality of the situation, which is that "partintro" text is a Docbook feature, not supported in Texinfo. - we revisit the "no text after @part" rule and decide something for Info. I think that the best would be simply ignore text If the above works for Arnold ... how about giving a warning if there is text after @part? (Then I don't have a preference as to whether it is ignored or not ignored.) k