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<span id="texinfo_002dmultiple_002dfiles_002dupdate-1"></span><h3 class="section">18.2 <code>texinfo-multiple-files-update</code></h3>
<span id="index-texinfo_002dmultiple_002dfiles_002dupdate"></span>
<p>GNU Emacs Texinfo mode provides the
<code>texinfo-multiple-files-update</code> command. This command creates or
updates ‘Next’, ‘Previous’, and ‘Up’ pointers of included files as
well as those in the outer or overall Texinfo file, and it creates or
updates a main menu in the outer file. Depending on whether you call
it with optional arguments, the command updates only the pointers in
the first <code>@node</code> line of the included files or all of them:
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<dt><kbd>M-x texinfo-multiple-files-update</kbd></dt>
<dd><p>Called without any arguments:
</p>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li>- Create or update the ‘Next’, ‘Previous’, and ‘Up’ pointers of the
first <code>@node</code> line in each file included in an outer or overall
Texinfo file.
</li><li>- Create or update the ‘Top’ level node pointers of the outer or
overall file.
</li><li>- Create or update a main menu in the outer file.
</li></ul>
</dd>
<dt><kbd>C-u M-x texinfo-multiple-files-update</kbd></dt>
<dd><p>Called with <kbd>C-u</kbd> as a prefix argument:
</p>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li>- Create or update pointers in the first <code>@node</code> line in each
included file.
</li><li>- Create or update the ‘Top’ level node pointers of the outer file.
</li><li>- Create and insert a master menu in the outer file. The master menu
is made from all the menus in all the included files.
</li></ul>
</dd>
<dt><kbd>C-u 8 M-x texinfo-multiple-files-update</kbd></dt>
<dd><p>Called with a numeric prefix argument, such as <kbd>C-u 8</kbd>:
</p>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li>- Create or update <em>all</em> the ‘Next’, ‘Previous’, and ‘Up’ pointers
of all the included files.
</li><li>- Create or update <em>all</em> the menus of all the included
files.
</li><li>- Create or update the ‘Top’ level node pointers of the outer or
overall file.
</li><li>- And then create a master menu in the outer file. This is similar to
invoking <code>texinfo-master-menu</code> with an argument when you are
working with just one file.
</li></ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Note the use of the prefix argument in interactive use: with a regular
prefix argument, just <kbd><span class="nolinebreak">C-u</span></kbd><!-- /@w -->, the
<code>texinfo-multiple-files-update</code> command inserts a master menu;
with a numeric prefix argument, such as <kbd>C-u 8</kbd>, the command
updates <em>every</em> pointer and menu in <em>all</em> the files and
then inserts a master menu.
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