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<span id="Parts-of-a-Master-Menu"></span><h4 class="subsection">3.6.2 Parts of a Master Menu</h4>
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<p>A <em>master menu</em> is the main menu. It is customary to include a
detailed menu listing all the nodes in the document in this menu.
</p>
<p>Like any other menu, a master menu is enclosed in <code>@menu</code> and
<code>@end menu</code> and does not appear in the printed output.
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<p>Generally, a master menu is divided into parts.
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<ul>
<li> The first part contains the major nodes in the Texinfo file: the nodes
for the chapters, chapter-like sections, and the appendices.
</li><li> The second part contains nodes for the indices.
</li><li> <span id="index-detailmenu"></span>
<span id="index-Detailed-menu"></span>
The third and subsequent parts contain a listing of the other,
lower-level nodes, often ordered by chapter. This way, rather than go
through an intermediary menu, an inquirer can go directly to a
particular node when searching for specific information. These menu
items are not required; add them if you think they are a convenience.
If you do use them, put <code>@detailmenu</code> before the first one, and
<code>@end detailmenu</code> after the last; otherwise, <code>makeinfo</code>
will get confused.
</li></ul>
<p>Each section in the menu can be introduced by a descriptive line. So
long as the line does not begin with an asterisk, it will not be
treated as a menu entry. (See <a href="Writing-a-Menu.html">Writing a Menu</a>, for more
information.)
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<p>For example, the master menu for this manual looks like the following
(but has many more entries):
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<pre class="example">@menu
* Copying Conditions:: Your rights.
* Overview:: Texinfo in brief.
…
</pre><pre class="example">* Command and Variable Index::
* General Index::
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</pre><pre class="example">@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Overview of Texinfo
* Reporting Bugs:: …
…
</pre><pre class="example">
</pre><pre class="example">Beginning a Texinfo File
* Sample Beginning:: …
…
@end detailmenu
@end menu
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