emacs/lisp/version.el

;;; version.el --- record version number of Emacs

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;; Package: emacs

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;;; Commentary:

;; This file is loaded uncompiled when dumping Emacs.
;; Doc-strings should adhere to the conventions of make-docfile.

;;; Code:

(defconst emacs-major-version (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+" emacs-version) (string-to-number (match-string 0 emacs-version))) "\
Major version number of this version of Emacs.
This variable first existed in version 19.23.")

(defconst emacs-minor-version (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+\\.\\([0-9]+\\)" emacs-version) (string-to-number (match-string 1 emacs-version))) "\
Minor version number of this version of Emacs.
This variable first existed in version 19.23.")

(defconst emacs-build-time (current-time) "\
Time at which Emacs was dumped out.")

(defconst emacs-build-system (system-name) "\
Name of the system on which Emacs was built.")

(defun emacs-version (&optional here) "\
Return string describing the version of Emacs that is running.
If optional argument HERE is non-nil, insert string at point.
Don't use this function in programs to choose actions according
to the system configuration; look at `system-configuration' instead."
  (interactive "P")
  (let ((version-string
         (format (if (not (called-interactively-p 'interactive))
		     "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s)\n of %s on %s"
		   "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s) of %s on %s")
                 emacs-version
		 system-configuration
		 (cond ((featurep 'motif)
			(concat ", " (substring motif-version-string 4)))
		       ((featurep 'gtk)
			(concat ", GTK+ Version " gtk-version-string))
		       ((featurep 'x-toolkit) ", X toolkit")
		       ((featurep 'ns)
			(format ", NS %s" ns-version-string))
		       (t ""))
		 (if (and (boundp 'x-toolkit-scroll-bars)
			  (memq x-toolkit-scroll-bars '(xaw xaw3d)))
		     (format ", %s scroll bars"
			     (capitalize (symbol-name x-toolkit-scroll-bars)))
		   "")
		 (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" emacs-build-time)
                 emacs-build-system)))
    (if here
        (insert version-string)
      (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
          (message "%s" version-string)
        version-string))))

;; We hope that this alias is easier for people to find.
(defalias 'version 'emacs-version)

;; We put version info into the executable in the form that `ident' uses.
(or (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
    (purecopy (concat "\n$Id: " (subst-char-in-string ?\n ?\s (emacs-version))
		      " $\n")))

;; Local Variables:
;; version-control: never
;; no-byte-compile: t
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;;; version.el ends here