Clarify initial discussion.
[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / version.el
1 ;;; version.el --- record version number of Emacs.
2
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5
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Keywords: internal
8
9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
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25
26 ;;; Code:
27
28 (defconst emacs-version "21.0.105" "\
29 Version numbers of this version of Emacs.")
30
31 (defconst emacs-major-version
32 (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+" emacs-version)
33 (string-to-int (match-string 0 emacs-version)))
34 "Major version number of this version of Emacs.
35 This variable first existed in version 19.23.")
36
37 (defconst emacs-minor-version
38 (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+\\.\\([0-9]+\\)" emacs-version)
39 (string-to-int (match-string 1 emacs-version)))
40 "Minor version number of this version of Emacs.
41 This variable first existed in version 19.23.")
42
43 (defconst emacs-build-time (current-time) "\
44 Time at which Emacs was dumped out.")
45
46 (defconst emacs-build-system (system-name))
47
48 (defun emacs-version (&optional here) "\
49 Return string describing the version of Emacs that is running.
50 If optional argument HERE is non-nil, insert string at point.
51 Don't use this function in programs to choose actions according
52 to the system configuration; look at `system-configuration' instead."
53 (interactive "P")
54 (let ((version-string
55 (format (if (not (interactive-p))
56 "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s)\n of %s on %s"
57 "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s) of %s on %s")
58 emacs-version
59 system-configuration
60 (cond ((featurep 'motif)
61 (concat ", " (substring motif-version-string 4)))
62 ((featurep 'x-toolkit) ", X toolkit")
63 (t ""))
64 (if (and (boundp 'x-toolkit-scroll-bars)
65 (memq x-toolkit-scroll-bars '(xaw xaw3d)))
66 (format ", %s scroll bars"
67 (capitalize (symbol-name x-toolkit-scroll-bars)))
68 "")
69 (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" emacs-build-time)
70 emacs-build-system)))
71 (if here
72 (insert version-string)
73 (if (interactive-p)
74 (message "%s" version-string)
75 version-string))))
76
77 ;;; We hope that this alias is easier for people to find.
78 (defalias 'version 'emacs-version)
79
80 ;;; We put version info into the executable in the form that ident(1) uses.
81 (or (memq system-type '(vax-vms windows-nt))
82 (purecopy (concat "\n$Id: " (subst-char-in-string ?\n ? (emacs-version))
83 " $\n")))
84
85 ;;Local variables:
86 ;;version-control: never
87 ;;End:
88
89 ;;; version.el ends here