Re: doc/book request

If memory serves me right, B. W. Fitzpatrick wrote:
> - Tweak the Makefile to scrub through your working copy (ala
> svnversion) and generate a revision number which it would inject
> into book.xml before making the pdf, html, or whatever.

[snip]

> If you want to take on the former and submit a patch, I would be more
> than willing to review and incorporate it.

OK, how's this?

Caveats: Most of what I know about XML comes from SGML. I only
tested HTML generation because I don't have FOP setup anywhere. I'm
not sure how portable my use of printf(1) is.

Bruce.