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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:37:47 -0600
From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I'm looking for a way to extract only the revision number `#.##' and
the date `yyyy/mm/dd' from an RCS $Id$ keyword, and use these to set
variables in a Texinfo document.

E.g., given an RCS $Id$ that expands to

	Revision #.##  yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss  user

I would like to set Texinfo variables as follows

@set EDITION #.##
@set UPDATED yyyy/mm/dd

I do not see any string manipulation features in Texinfo;
perhaps this could be done with a Texinfo macro...?

TIA/jtw