## FIXME: what systems still do not have $() in /bin/sh?
eval _ver=\"\`("$1" --version || "$1" -V) 2>&1 | grep '[0-9]\.[0-9]' \
| head -n 1 \
- | sed -e 's/\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][.0-9]*\).*/\1/' \
- -e 's/\([^0-9]*\|^\) //' -e 's/[^0-9]*$//'\`\"
+ | sed -e 's/.*[^-.0-9]\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][.0-9]*\).*/\1/' \
+ -e 's/^[^.0-9]*//' -e 's/[^.0-9]*$//'\`\"
if test -z "$_ver"; then
## If empty, try date [fontforge]
eval _ver=\"\`("$1" --version || "$1" -V) 2>&1 | grep '[0-9]\{6,8\}' \