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| <h4 class="subsection" id="Referring-to-Other-Info-Files">3.8.6 Referring to Other Info Files</h4> |
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| <div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">@menu |
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| * (<var class="var">filename</var>)<var class="var">second-node</var>:: <var class="var">description</var> |
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| <p>For example, to refer directly to the ‘<samp class="samp">Outlining</samp>’ and |
| ‘<samp class="samp">Rebinding</samp>’ nodes in the <cite class="cite">Emacs Manual</cite>, you could write a |
| menu like this: |
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| <div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">@menu |
| * Outlining: (emacs)Outline Mode. The major mode for |
| editing outlines. |
| * (emacs)Rebinding:: How to redefine the |
| meaning of a key. |
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| <div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">* Info: (info). Documentation browsing system. |
| * (emacs):: The extensible, self-documenting |
| text editor. |
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| within the current buffer, so you cannot use them to create menus that |
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