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<span id="Referring-to-Other-Info-Files"></span><h4 class="subsection">4.9.6 Referring to Other Info Files</h4>
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<p>You can create a menu entry that enables a reader in Info to go to a
node in another Info file by writing the file name in parentheses just
before the node name. Some examples:
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<pre class="example">@menu
* <var>first-entry-name</var>:(<var>filename</var>)<var>nodename</var>. <var>description</var>
* (<var>filename</var>)<var>second-node</var>:: <var>description</var>
@end menu
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<p>For example, to refer directly to the ‘<samp>Outlining</samp>’ and
‘<samp>Rebinding</samp>’ nodes in the <cite>Emacs Manual</cite>, you could write a
menu like this:
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<pre class="example">@menu
* Outlining: (emacs)Outline Mode. The major mode for
editing outlines.
* (emacs)Rebinding:: How to redefine the
meaning of a key.
@end menu
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<p>If you do not list the node name, but only name the file, then Info
presumes that you are referring to the ‘Top’ node. Examples:
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<pre class="example">* Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
* (emacs):: The extensible, self-documenting
text editor.
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<p>The GNU Emacs Texinfo mode menu updating commands only work with nodes
within the current buffer, so you cannot use them to create menus that
refer to other files. You must write such menus by hand.
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