(coptic-name): defvar rather than defconst.
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1 ;;; version.el --- record version number of Emacs -*- no-byte-compile: t -*-
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7 ;; Keywords: internal
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26 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;; Code:
30 (defconst emacs-version "21.3.50" "\
31 Version numbers of this version of Emacs.")
33 (defconst emacs-major-version
34 (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+" emacs-version)
35 (string-to-int (match-string 0 emacs-version)))
36 "Major version number of this version of Emacs.
37 This variable first existed in version 19.23.")
39 (defconst emacs-minor-version
40 (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+\\.\\([0-9]+\\)" emacs-version)
41 (string-to-int (match-string 1 emacs-version)))
42 "Minor version number of this version of Emacs.
43 This variable first existed in version 19.23.")
45 (defconst emacs-build-time (current-time) "\
46 Time at which Emacs was dumped out.")
48 (defconst emacs-build-system (system-name))
50 (defun emacs-version (&optional here) "\
51 Return string describing the version of Emacs that is running.
52 If optional argument HERE is non-nil, insert string at point.
53 Don't use this function in programs to choose actions according
54 to the system configuration; look at `system-configuration' instead."
55 (interactive "P")
56 (let ((version-string
57 (format (if (not (interactive-p))
58 "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s)\n of %s on %s"
59 "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s) of %s on %s")
60 emacs-version
61 system-configuration
62 (cond ((featurep 'motif)
63 (concat ", " (substring motif-version-string 4)))
64 ((featurep 'x-toolkit) ", X toolkit")
65 (t ""))
66 (if (and (boundp 'x-toolkit-scroll-bars)
67 (memq x-toolkit-scroll-bars '(xaw xaw3d)))
68 (format ", %s scroll bars"
69 (capitalize (symbol-name x-toolkit-scroll-bars)))
70 "")
71 (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" emacs-build-time)
72 emacs-build-system)))
73 (if here
74 (insert version-string)
75 (if (interactive-p)
76 (message "%s" version-string)
77 version-string))))
79 ;; We hope that this alias is easier for people to find.
80 (defalias 'version 'emacs-version)
82 ;; We put version info into the executable in the form that `ident' uses.
83 (or (memq system-type '(vax-vms windows-nt))
84 (purecopy (concat "\n$Id: " (subst-char-in-string ?\n ? (emacs-version))
85 " $\n")))
87 ;;Local variables:
88 ;;version-control: never
89 ;;End:
91 ;;; version.el ends here