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7.6 Referring to Other Info Files
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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:

     @menu
     * FIRST-ENTRY-NAME:(FILENAME)NODENAME.     DESCRIPTION
     * (FILENAME)SECOND-NODE::                  DESCRIPTION
     @end menu

  For example, to refer directly to the 'Outlining' and 'Rebinding'
nodes in the 'Emacs Manual', you could write a menu like this:

     @menu
     * Outlining: (emacs)Outline Mode. The major mode for
                                        editing outlines.
     * (emacs)Rebinding::              How to redefine the
                                        meaning of a key.
     @end menu

  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:

     * Info: (info).         Documentation browsing system.
     * (emacs)::             The extensible, self-documenting
                              text editor.

  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.