Re: Function to retrieve package version

[Michael Albinus]

"Paul W. Rankin" <address@hidden> writes:

> wrt. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-05/msg00022.html
>
> I would like an easy function that retrieves the version of the
> current package, e.g.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ;;; my-great-package.el --- A great package
>
> ;; Copyright (c) 1952-2019  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> ;; Author: Mr. Big Pants <address@hidden>
> ;; Version: 2.7.0
> ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.5"))
>
> (defvar my-great-package-version
>  (package-get-version))
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>    my-great-package-version
>    -> "2.7.0"

(or (lm-header "package-version")
    (lm-header "version"))

Best regards, Michael.