On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 08:25:22AM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 11:17:06PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > > I've changed texinfo.texi not to use explicit @menu blocks in most cases, > > using the new @nodedescription command for the information that was > > previously in the @menu blocks. > > > > However, in the Top node of this manual, and many Texinfo > > manuals, there is a @detailmenu block. I believe this can be > > updated/regenerated in Emacs automatically. However, I feel it would > > be better to have a way for texi2any do it. > > There is already code for that in Texinfo::Transformations, new_master_menu > creates a detailmenu, and regenerate_master_menu regenerate the Top node > master menu, replacing the first detailmenu in Top node menus or > appending at the end of the Top node menu. This is used in the > regenerate_master_menu tree transformation. > > They could be moved to Common.pm and be used in > Texinfo/Convert/Plaintext.pm and/or Texinfo/Convert/Info.pm. They may > also be changed not to directly modify the top node but returns a tree.
Thanks, I will give this a try.
