> Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 14:15:50 +0000 > From: Heime <heimebor...@protonmail.com> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>, help-texinfo@gnu.org > > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Monday, May 19th, 2025 at 1:36 AM, Heime via Users list for the Texinfo > documentation system <help-texinfo@gnu.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > > > On Monday, May 19th, 2025 at 12:47 AM, Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org wrote: > > > > > > Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 12:42:49 +0000 > > > > From: Heime heimebor...@protonmail.com > > > > Cc: help-texinfo@gnu.org > > > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 19th, 2025 at 12:35 AM, Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 12:27:51 +0000 > > > > > > From: Heime heimebor...@protonmail.com > > > > > > Cc: help-texinfo@gnu.org > > > > > > > > > > > > I have > > > > > > > > > > > > * 1 Getting Started:: Something > > > > > > * 2 What is Texinfo?:: Something > > > > > > * 3 Installing Texinfo:: Something > > > > > > > > > > > > where 1 is a chapter, whilst 2 and 3 are sections > > > > > > > > > > Then 2 and 3 should be in a menu within 1. > > > > > > > > Meaning that I need to have another @menu clause embedded in > > > > another @menu clause used for chapters? > > > > > > You need a @menu in the top node for chapter 1, and another @menu in > > > Chapter 1 for sections 2 and 3. > > > > > > Having read the manual about the menu clauses, I find practically > > no information available for practical use. So my question still > > stands. You described it, but not enough to show what is actually > > written in the texinfo file. > > I recommend updating the manual to describe and show how to construct > menus for chapters and subsections well enough for people to instantly > know what to do. Total bewilderment here!
There is a chapter in the Texinfo manual named "Writing a Texinfo File", whose purpose is to provide these details. I suggest to read that.
