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

[Heime via Users list for the Texinfo documentation system]

> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com>
> To: "Heime" <heimebor...@protonmail.com>
> Cc: "help-texinfo@gnu.org" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Texinfo Menu Formatting: Node Names, Display, and Line Length
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 06:07:08PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the 
> Texinfo documentation system wrote:
> > 
> > I want to discuss the following Texinfo Menu
> > 
> > @menu
> > * Installing Emacs with Synaptic Package Manager: nstl-emacs-snptk. 
> > Something.
> > * Installing Emacs from Source: nstl-emacs-src. Something.
> > @end menu
> > 
> > In the Info output, the menu entry line consists of:
> > 
> > 1. The menu entry name (what the user sees and types to select the entry),
> > 2. The node name (the actual destination node),
> > 3. An optional description.
> > 
> > The node name is not always printed in the menu, not only the 
> > menu-entry-name.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> > Is it a bad idea not to display the node-name?
> 
> 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?
 
> > And how can I keep my menu to 72 columns?
> 
> 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 item 
(node)?