Version information

## Version information Version information — Variables and functions to check the library version |

## Stability Level

Stable, unless otherwise indicated

## Synopsis

    #include <thunarx/thunarx.h>

    extern const guint  thunarx_major_version;
    extern const guint  thunarx_minor_version;
    extern const guint  thunarx_micro_version;
    const gchar *       thunarx_check_version               (guint required_major,
                                                             guint required_minor,
                                                             guint required_micro);
    #define             THUNARX_MAJOR_VERSION
    #define             THUNARX_MINOR_VERSION
    #define             THUNARX_MICRO_VERSION
    #define             THUNARX_CHECK_VERSION               (major,
                                                             minor,
                                                             micro)

## Description

The Thunar Extension library provides version information, which should be used by extensions.

## Details

### thunarx_major_version

    extern const guint thunarx_major_version;

The major version number of the `thunarx` library (e.g. in version 0.5.1 this is 0).

This variable is in the library, so represents the `thunarx` library you have linked against. Contrast with the THUNARX_MAJOR_VERSION macro, which represents the major version of the `thunarx` headers you have included.

### thunarx_minor_version

    extern const guint thunarx_minor_version;

The minor version number of the `thunarx` library (e.g. in version 0.5.1 this is 5).

This variable is in the library, so represents the `thunarx` library you have linked against. Contrast with the THUNARX_MINOR_VERSION macro, which represents the minor version of the `thunarx` headers you have included.

### thunarx_micro_version

    extern const guint thunarx_micro_version;

The micro version number of the `thunarx` library (e.g. in version 0.5.1 this is 1).

This variable is in the library, so represents the `thunarx` library you have linked against. Contrast with the THUNARX_MICRO_VERSION macro, which represents the micro version of the `thunarx` headers you have included.

### thunarx_check_version ()

    const gchar *       thunarx_check_version               (guint required_major,
                                                             guint required_minor,
                                                             guint required_micro);

Checks that the `thunarx` library in use is compatible with the given version. Generally you would pass in the constants THUNARX_MAJOR_VERSION, THUNARX_MINOR_VERSION and THUNARX_VERSION_MICRO as the three arguments to this function; that produces a check that the library in use is compatible with the version of `thunarx` the extension was compiled against.

This function should be called by extensions in the `thunar_extension_initialize()` method to verify that the `thunarx` library used by file manager is compatible with the version the extension was compiled with.

Example 3. Checking the runtime version of the Thunar Extension library

    const gchar *mismatch;
    mismatch = thunarx_check_version (THUNARX_VERSION_MAJOR,
                                      THUNARX_VERSION_MINOR,
                                      THUNARX_VERSION_MICRO);
    if (G_UNLIKELY (mismatch != NULL))
      g_error ("Version mismatch: %s", mismatch);

`required_major` : | the required major version.
`required_minor` : | the required minor version.
`required_micro` : | the required micro version.
Returns : | `NULL` if the library is compatible with the given version, or a string describing the version mismatch. The returned string is owned by the library and must not be freed or modified by the caller.

### THUNARX_MAJOR_VERSION

    #define THUNARX_MAJOR_VERSION 1

The major version number of the `thunarx` library. Like thunarx_major_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

### THUNARX_MINOR_VERSION

    #define THUNARX_MINOR_VERSION 4

The minor version number of the `thunarx` library. Like thunarx_minor_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

### THUNARX_MICRO_VERSION

    #define THUNARX_MICRO_VERSION 0

The micro version number of the `thunarx` library. Like thunarx_micro_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

### THUNARX_CHECK_VERSION()

    #define             THUNARX_CHECK_VERSION(major,minor,micro)

Checks the version of the `thunarx` library. Returns `TRUE` if the version of the `thunarx` header files is the same as or newer than the passed-in version.

Example 4. Checking the version of the Thunar Extension library

    if (!THUNARX_CHECK_VERSION (0, 1, 0))
      g_error ("Thunarx version 0.1.0 or above is required");

`major` : | the major version number.
`minor` : | the minor version number
`micro` : | the micro version number.