> > I vote we patch both to eliminate the silly " - 1 " and
> " + 1 " method. Then both editors will have version numbers
> the same as the system release. That would look more
> sensible.
> > 
> 
> Agreed,
> 
>   This is a small issue, but I can't see any reason not
> to get the version
> numbers the same if we can do it (by hook or crook)

Here is my proposed patch, which I have tested:

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diff -urN tdebase/kate/app/kateapp.cpp tdebase.new/kate/app/kateapp.cpp
--- tdebase/kate/app/kateapp.cpp  2012-05-27 18:05:02.000000000 -0500
+++ tdebase.new/kate/app/kateapp.cpp  2012-06-05 11:44:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  */
 TQString KateApp::kateVersion (bool fullVersion)
 {
-  return fullVersion ? TQString ("%1.%2.%3").arg(KDE::versionMajor() - 1).arg(KDE::versionMinor()).arg(KDE::versionRelease())
+  return fullVersion ? TQString ("%1.%2.%3").arg(KDE::versionMajor()).arg(KDE::versionMinor()).arg(KDE::versionRelease())
            : TQString ("%1.%2").arg(KDE::versionMajor() - 1).arg(KDE::versionMinor());
 }

diff -urN tdebase/kate/app/kwritemain.cpp tdebase.new/kate/app/kwritemain.cpp
--- tdebase/kate/app/kwritemain.cpp 2012-05-27 18:05:02.000000000 -0500
+++ tdebase.new/kate/app/kwritemain.cpp 2012-06-05 11:44:03.000000000 -0500
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
   KLocale::setMainCatalogue("kate");         //lukas: set this to have the kwritepart translated using kate message catalog

   // here we go, construct the KWrite version
-  TQString kWriteVersion  = TQString ("%1.%2.%3").arg(KDE::versionMajor() + 1).arg(KDE::versionMinor()).arg(KDE::versionRelease());
+  TQString kWriteVersion  = TQString ("%1.%2.%3").arg(KDE::versionMajor()).arg(KDE::versionMinor()).arg(KDE::versionRelease());

   KAboutData aboutData ( "kwrite",
                          I18N_NOOP("KWrite"),
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With the patch both kate and kwrite display a version number of 14.0.0.

Any objections to pushing?

Darrell