M-x version command

M-x version command

[Harry Putnam]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-08-28 on astest
configured using `configure  --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gcc --with-pop --with-sound'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: C
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: nil

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Invoking M-x version leaves no way to conviently copy that
information.

It doesn't show up in *Messages* buffer either.
In the past one could review it there.

Recent input:
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<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
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Re: M-x version command

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   Invoking M-x version leaves no way to conviently copy that
   information.

What is wrong with "C-u M-x version"?  See C-h C-f version for more
info.

Re: M-x version command

[Harry Putnam]

"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@kemisten.nu> writes:

>    Invoking M-x version leaves no way to conviently copy that
>    information.
>
> What is wrong with "C-u M-x version"?  See C-h C-f version for more
> info.

C-u M-x:
It only works if the current buffer is writable, which is often not
the case.  Thus requiring another step

C-h C-f version:
(From *Messages* buffer:)
Info-goto-emacs-command-node: Couldn't find documentation for version

What is wrong with the info being written to *Messages* buffer where
it has been expected to appear for ages?

Re: M-x version command

[John Paul Wallington]

Harry Putnam <hgp@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Invoking M-x version leaves no way to conviently copy that
> information.
>
> It doesn't show up in *Messages* buffer either.
> In the past one could review it there.

When called interactively, `version' (an alias for `emacs-version')
will use `message' to display its output (causing it to show up in the
*Messages* buffer) in both the RC branch (that will be 21.3) and HEAD.

Does `emacs-version' in 21.2 have this snippet at the end?

    (if here 
        (insert version-string)
      (if (interactive-p)
          (message "%s" version-string)
        version-string))))

-- 
John Paul Wallington

Re: M-x version command

[Harry Putnam]

John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com> writes:

> From: John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com>
> Subject: Re: M-x version command
> To: Harry Putnam <hgp@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 14:08:40 +0000
> Message-ID: <87adki4yzb.fsf@bundalo.shootybangbang.com>
>
> Harry Putnam <hgp@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Invoking M-x version leaves no way to conviently copy that
>> information.
>>
>> It doesn't show up in *Messages* buffer either.
>> In the past one could review it there.
>
> When called interactively, `version' (an alias for `emacs-version')
> will use `message' to display its output (causing it to show up in the
> *Messages* buffer) in both the RC branch (that will be 21.3) and HEAD.


I did discover this info:

Running M-x version <RET> prints a `G' in *Messages" buffer

Running M-x eval-expression <RET>
Eval: (emacs-version) <RET>

Does print version info in *Messages*
  "GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
   of 2002-08-28 on astest"

Further, something I should have tried first:
Calling emacs -q -no-site-file, then M-x version, and the version info
does appear in *Messages*.  So apparently some local setting causing this.

>
> Does `emacs-version' in 21.2 have this snippet at the end?
>
>     (if here 
>         (insert version-string)
>       (if (interactive-p)
>           (message "%s" version-string)
>         version-string))))

If you mean in /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/version.el, then yes it does
around line 74.