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"Menus" contain pointers to subordinate nodes.(1) In Info, you use
menus to go to such nodes. Menus have no effect in printed manuals and
do not appear in them.
By convention, a menu is put at the end of a node since a reader who
uses the menu may not see text that follows it.
A node that has a menu should *not* contain much text. If you have
a lot of text and a menu, move most of the text into a new subnode--all
but a few lines.
* Menu:
* Menu Location Put a menu in a short node.
* Writing a Menu What is a menu?
* Menu Parts A menu entry has three parts.
* Less Cluttered Menu Entry Two part menu entry.
* Menu Example Two and three part menu entries.
* Other Info Files How to refer to a different Info file.
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) Menus can carry you to any node, regardless of the hierarchical
structure; even to nodes in a different Info file. However, the GNU
Emacs Texinfo mode updating commands work only to create menus of
subordinate nodes. Conventionally, cross references are used to refer
to other nodes.