Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> This assumes that most version numbers in the text can stay ("will be
>> available with version xxx" is a good candidate). That will still
>> need to cater for "the current version is xxx", but maybe _those_ can
>> partly be autogenerated with CVS keywords, depending on the kind of
>> text?
>
> Certainly it would be better to use a variable than straight text where
> possible. But, please, no [EMAIL PROTECTED] cvs keywords (which have
> bugger-all
> connection to anything real anyway).
>
> Where do all these instances of release numbers occur anyway? (Kim?)
M-x grep RET 21\.4 * RET
The majority comes from
(defcustom ...
:version "21.4")
which certainly need to use a string constant.
>
> Cases in lisp code obviously should refer to a lisp variable instead
> (emacs-version, emacs-next-major-release :-).
(defcustom ...
:version emacs-version)
Ah, yes, really obvious?
Oh you mean
(defcustom ...
:version emacs-version-21-4)
that would work nicely.
>
> Cases in help text or texinfo could possibly be addressed with some
> analogous mechanism.
I'm sure there are just as obvious solutions for this too.
--
Kim F. Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cua.dk
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