[Lazarus] How to access version info

[waldo kitty]

Paul Ishenin wrote:
> David B Copeland wrote:
>> Is there a way to access the version info and build number that Lazarus
>> can embed into the executable?
>>
>> Running: SUSE 11.1, x86_64, Lazarus SVN 21901, FPC 2.2.5.
>>   
> For you OS I think no. Currently lazarus put the version info into a .rc 
> file wich is linked into the executable only on windows. So it is a 
> windows feature only for the moment.
> 
> When released compiler will support native resources correctly on all 
> systems lazarus need (this should happen in fpc 2.4.0) we will probably 
> extend version info feature for the other platforms too.

this is regarding the above comment and stuff outside the topic thread...

are you saying that winwhatever *.RES files are also going to be processed such 
that they do not require a resource editor to extract resources like icons and 
images to be placed by some means in a *.lrs file???