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<span id="A-Menu-Example"></span><h4 class="subsection">4.9.2 A Menu Example</h4>
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<p>A menu looks like this in Texinfo:
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<pre class="example">@menu
* menu entry name: Node name. A short description.
* Node name:: This form is preferred.
@end menu
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<p>This produces:
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<div class="example">
<pre class="example">* menu:
* menu entry name: Node name. A short description.
* Node name:: This form is preferred.
</pre></div>
<p>Here is an example as you might see it in a Texinfo file:
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<pre class="example">@menu
Larger Units of Text
* Files:: All about handling files.
* Multiples: Buffers. Multiple buffers; editing
several files at once.
@end menu
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<p>This produces:
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<pre class="example">* menu:
Larger Units of Text
* Files:: All about handling files.
* Multiples: Buffers. Multiple buffers; editing
several files at once.
</pre></div>
<p>In this example, the menu has two entries. ‘<samp>Files</samp>’ is both a menu
entry name and the name of the node referred to by that name.
‘<samp>Multiples</samp>’ is the menu entry name; it refers to the node named
‘<samp>Buffers</samp>’. The line ‘<samp>Larger Units of Text</samp>’ is a comment; it
appears in the menu, but is not an entry.
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<p>Since no file name is specified with either ‘<samp>Files</samp>’ or
‘<samp>Buffers</samp>’, they must be the names of nodes in the same Info file
(see <a href="Other-Info-Files.html">Referring to Other Info Files</a>).
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