Texinfo Menu Formatting: Node Names, Display, and Line Length

> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: "Heime" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Texinfo Menu Formatting: Node Names, Display, and Line Lengt=
h
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> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 06:07:08PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the Te=
xinfo documentation system wrote:
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> > I want to discuss the following Texinfo Menu
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> > @menu
> > * Installing Emacs with Synaptic Package Manager: nstl-emacs-snptk. Som=
ething.
> > * Installing Emacs from Source: nstl-emacs-src. Something.
> > @end menu
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> > In the Info output, the menu entry line consists of:
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> > 1. The menu entry name (what the user sees and types to select the entr=
y),
> > 2. The node name (the actual destination node),
> > 3. An optional description.
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> > The node name is not always printed in the menu, not only the menu-entr=
y-name.
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> Not printing the node name is a feature of the Info viewer you are using.=
  The
> node name is always present in the Info file.
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> > Is it a bad idea not to display the node-name?
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> It's up to the user if they want to enable this feature or not.

What is the feature that decides whether to show the node-name or not?
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> > And how can I keep my menu to 72 columns?
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> Don't type past 72 columns in your text editor?

So one would continue on the next line for the details of the same menu ite=
m (node)?
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