Matthieu Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Stefan Reichör <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I know that. I thought about a function like: >> (defun xtla-version () >> (interactive) >> (locate-library "xtla.el") >> ... get path from xtla.el >> ... load CHANGELOG and retrieve the version information > > Seems complex to implement and not very robust: In particular, > > ./configure --prefix=/path/to/lisp/dir && make && make install > > Will not install the CHANGELOG file where you expect it to be. > > This will also be broken the day xtla is included in GNU Emacs, the > day it will be distributed as a .deb, .rpm, ... package that will put > .el files in a specific directory.
That is a very good reason to use the xtla-version.el file. -- Stefan.
