Hello Tom, Nicolas, I've just pushed a change that should provide the desired results. The optional title for the menu entries (as well as associated node headings) can be set using the :TEXINFO_MENU_TITLE: property. On 18 November 2012 11:22, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Nicolas Goaziou writes: > > > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > > > >> Nicolas Goaziou writes: > > > >>> That's a bit of work, because, so far, node-property values are not > >>> parsed. So it would require to define a new class of node-properties: > >>> those with a parsed value. But then, how to decide which properties > have > >>> their value parsed are parsed and which have not? > > > >> Thanks for the information and explanation. Back-end-specific > >> properties should work nicely in this case. > >> > >> I'll wait to see what Jonathan thinks about the original query. > > > > Assuming :EXPORT_TITLE:, :EXPORT_AUTHOR:, :EXPORT_DATE: and this > > one, :EXPORT_TOC_ENTRY: (?), will be the only ones being parsed, I can > > give it a try. > > > If you do include these node properties I can then adjust the texinfo exporter to use the generic TOC/Optional title property rather than a backend specific one. Regards, -- Jon > > I would be consistent with #+caption[short]: long for other elements. > > > > > > Regards, > > I'm biased by LaTeX, which uses the optional argument for the TOC and > running heads. Since the back-ends are free to use this optional entry > as they please, and not only for the TOC, perhaps :EXPORT_SHORT_ENTRY: > (because that is its usual function), or :EXPORT_OPTIONAL_ENTRY: > (because the back-end has the option to use it where appropriate). > > All the best, > Tom > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com > >