diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
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+#MIN_CONFIG(3.1)
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(koffice, "1.2.95")
+
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $KDE_DEFAULT_CXXFLAGS"
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h sys/param.h floatingpoint.h paths.h)
+KDE_CHECK_KIMGIO
+AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+AC_CHECK_KDEMAXPATHLEN
+
+KDE_INIT_DOXYGEN([The KOffice API Reference], [Version $VERSION])
+
+
+# Check for ImageMagick...
+
+KDE_FIND_PATH(Magick-config, MAGICK_CONFIG, [${prefix}/bin ${exec_prefix}/bin /usr/local/bin /opt/local/bin], [
+  AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find ImageMagick anywhere, check http://www.imagemagick.org/ for ImageMagick >= 5.5.2.])
+])
+
+if test -n "$MAGICK_CONFIG"; then
+  vers=`$MAGICK_CONFIG --version 2>/dev/null | $AWK 'BEGIN { FS = "."; } { printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
+  if test -n "$vers" && test "$vers" -ge 5005002
+  then
+     LIBMAGICK_LIBS="`$MAGICK_CONFIG --libs`"
+     LIBMAGICK_LDFLAGS="`$MAGICK_CONFIG --ldflags`"
+     LIBMAGICK_RPATH=
+     for args in $LIBMAGICK_LIBS; do
+	  case $args in
+	    -L*)
+  	       LIBMAGICK_RPATH="$LIBMAGICK_RPATH $args"
+ 	       ;;
+          esac
+     done
+     LIBMAGICK_RPATH=`echo $LIBMAGICK_RPATH | $SED -e "s/-L/-R/g"`
+     LIBMAGICK_CPPFLAGS="`$MAGICK_CONFIG --cppflags`"
+     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MAGICK,1, [ImageMagick is available])
+  else
+     AC_MSG_WARN([You need at least ImageMagick 5.5.2])
+  fi
+fi
+
+if test ! "$USE_RPATH" = "yes"; then
+    LIBMAGICK_RPATH=
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(LIBMAGICK_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBMAGICK_LDFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBMAGICK_CPPFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBMAGICK_RPATH)
+
+# End of ImageMagick check
+
+##########################################################################
+# This last check is copied from kdenonbeta/gsf/configure.in.in
+##########################################################################
+# KOFFICE_PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GSTUFF, gtk+-2.0 >= 1.3 glib = 1.3.4, action-if, action-not)
+# defines GSTUFF_LIBS, GSTUFF_CFLAGS, see pkg-config man page
+# also defines GSTUFF_PKG_ERRORS on error
+# Note: This is specially tweaked for karbon's fontconfig check. Please fix
+# it before using it for other tests :-)
+AC_DEFUN(KOFFICE_PKG_CHECK_MODULES, [
+  succeeded=no
+
+  if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+    AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config, no)
+  fi
+
+  if test "$PKG_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
+     echo "*** The pkg-config script could not be found. Make sure it is"
+     echo "*** in your path, or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable"
+     echo "*** to the full path to pkg-config."
+     echo "*** Or see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig to get pkg-config."
+     echo "***"
+     echo "*** Due to that we can't perform the check for fontconfig..."    # added for karbon (Werner)
+  else
+     PKG_CONFIG_MIN_VERSION=0.9.0
+     if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version $PKG_CONFIG_MIN_VERSION; then
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for $2)
+
+        if $PKG_CONFIG --exists "$2" ; then
+            AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+            succeeded=yes
+
+            AC_MSG_CHECKING($1_CFLAGS)
+            $1_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "$2"`
+            AC_MSG_RESULT($$1_CFLAGS)
+
+            AC_MSG_CHECKING($1_LIBS)
+            $1_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "$2"`
+            AC_MSG_RESULT($$1_LIBS)
+        else
+            $1_CFLAGS=""
+            $1_LIBS=""
+            ## If we have a custom action on failure, don't print errors, but 
+            ## do set a variable so people can do so.
+            $1_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "$2"`
+            ifelse([$4], ,echo $$1_PKG_ERRORS,)
+        fi
+
+        AC_SUBST($1_CFLAGS)
+        AC_SUBST($1_LIBS)
+     else
+        echo "*** Your version of pkg-config is too old. You need version $PKG_CONFIG_MIN_VERSION or newer."
+        echo "*** See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig"
+     fi
+  fi
+
+  if test $succeeded = yes; then
+     ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
+#  else                           # removed for karbon (Werner)
+#    ifelse([$4], , AC_MSG_ERROR([Library requirements ($2) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.]), [$4])
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/lib/kofficecore/kofficeversion.h b/lib/kofficecore/kofficeversion.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af4a9d39122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kofficecore/kofficeversion.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* This file is part of the KOffice libraries
+    Copyright (c) 2003 KOffice Team
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+
+// $Id$
+
+#ifndef _KOFFICE_VERSION_H_
+#define _KOFFICE_VERSION_H_
+
+#define KOFFICE_VERSION_STRING "1.2.95"
+#define KOFFICE_VERSION_MAJOR 1
+#define KOFFICE_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define KOFFICE_VERSION_RELEASE 95
+#define KOFFICE_MAKE_VERSION( a,b,c ) (((a) << 16) | ((b) << 8) | (c))
+
+#define KOFFICE_VERSION \
+  KOFFICE_MAKE_VERSION(KOFFICE_VERSION_MAJOR,KOFFICE_VERSION_MINOR,KOFFICE_VERSION_RELEASE)
+
+#define KOFFICE_IS_VERSION(a,b,c) ( KOFFICE_VERSION >= KOFFICE_MAKE_VERSION(a,b,c) )
+
+/**
+ * Namespace for general KOFFICE functions.
+ */
+namespace KOffice
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the encoded number of KOffice's version, see the KOFFICE_VERSION macro.
+     * In contrary to that macro this function returns the number of the actually
+     * installed KOffice version, not the number of the KOffice version that was
+     * installed when the program was compiled.
+     * @return the version number, encoded in a single uint
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    unsigned int version();
+    /**
+     * Returns the major number of KOffice's version, e.g.
+     * 1 for KOffice 1.2.3.
+     * @return the major version number
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    unsigned int versionMajor();
+    /**
+     * Returns the minor number of KOffice's version, e.g.
+     * 2 for KOffice 1.2.3.
+     * @return the minor version number
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    unsigned int versionMinor();
+    /**
+     * Returns the release of KOffice's version, e.g.
+     * 3 for KOffice 1.2.3.
+     * @return the release number
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    unsigned int versionRelease();
+    /**
+     * Returns the KOffice version as string, e.g. "1.2.3".
+     * @return the KOffice version. You can keep the string forever
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    const char *versionString();
+}
+
+#endif // _KOFFICE_VERSION_H_