RE: [Simulavr-devel] Version and doc fixes

[Weddington, Eric]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Sherrill [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:32 AM
> To: Weddington, Eric
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Simulavr-devel] Version and doc fixes
> 
> 
> > There seems to be a lot of version strings in the 
> documentation. Is there any way to pull this in automatically 
> from the configuration?
> >
> >   
> Yes.  It is just a matter of needing to know everywhere the
> version string can show up.  Documentation, C code, etc
> get different handling.  In C, it can be put in config.h by
> autoconf.  For the doc, we can generate a file which
> we include.
> 
> By hand in .texinfo, you can lay the groundwork by doing
> this near the top.
> 
> @set SIMULAVR_VERSION 0.90

I see there's a version.texi file that has that information. But it would be 
nice if we could generate this file from the configuration so it doesn't have 
to manually be changed.

> and use it like this @value{SIMULAVR_VERSION}
> 
> I grep'ed for 0.90 and the 0.8 string and didn't see them
> much.  Where all is this? 

I changed the version string to "0.9cvs" which probably doesn't match your grep 
search.
 
> It is easy to do.  I just need a roadmap.

Patch below committed:

Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/simulavr/simulavrxx/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -p -r1.49 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog   12 Mar 2009 14:22:37 -0000      1.49
+++ ChangeLog   12 Mar 2009 16:36:59 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-12  Eric B. Weddington  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/simulavr.info: Remove hardcoded version numbers.
+       * doc/version.texi (UPDATE): New date.
+
 2009-03-12     Joel Sherrill <address@hidden>
 
        * doc/.cvsignore: Account for dropping xx from name.
Index: doc/simulavr.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/simulavr/simulavrxx/doc/simulavr.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -p -r1.1 simulavr.texinfo
--- doc/simulavr.texinfo        11 Mar 2009 23:25:41 -0000      1.1
+++ doc/simulavr.texinfo        12 Mar 2009 16:37:00 -0000
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
+
address@hidden version.texi
+
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename simulavr.info
address@hidden SimulAVR Documentation 0.9cvs
address@hidden SimulAVR Documentation @value{VERSION}
 @c %**end of header
 
address@hidden version.texi
-
 @copying
 This file documents the simulavr program.
 
@@ -580,12 +581,12 @@ free to start.
 @cindex Installing, Building SimulAVR
 
 SimulAVR uses GNU auto tools. This means that, given a tarball, for
-version 0.9, for example, you should be able to use the following
+version @value{VERSION}, for example, you should be able to use the following
 steps to build and install simulavr:
 
 @example
-tar zxvf simulavr-0.9.tar.gz
-cd simulavr-0.9
+tar zxvf address@hidden
+cd address@hidden
 configure
 make
 make install
@@ -611,8 +612,8 @@ make && make install
 Then I configure/install simulavr as follows:
 
 @example
-tar zxvf simulavr-0.9.tar.gz
-cd simulavr-0.9
+tar zxvf address@hidden
+cd address@hidden
 ./configure --prefix=/home/user/install
 make
 make install
Index: doc/version.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/simulavr/simulavrxx/doc/version.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -p -r1.9 version.texi
--- doc/version.texi    11 Mar 2009 23:25:41 -0000      1.9
+++ doc/version.texi    12 Mar 2009 16:37:00 -0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
address@hidden UPDATED 11 March 2009
address@hidden UPDATED 12 March 2009
 @set UPDATED-MONTH March 2009
 @set EDITION 0.9cvs
 @set VERSION 0.9cvs