+<div class="sect2">\r
+<h3 id="_version_reply">3.9. VERSION reply</h3>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The reply consists of a single JSON dictionary with the following keys:</p></div>\r
+<div class="dlist"><dl>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+major (integer)\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The major version of i3, such as <tt>4</tt>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+minor (integer)\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The minor version of i3, such as <tt>2</tt>. Changes in the IPC interface (new\r
+ features) will only occur with new minor (or major) releases. However,\r
+ bugfixes might be introduced in patch releases, too.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+patch (integer)\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The patch version of i3, such as <tt>1</tt> (when the complete version is\r
+ <tt>4.2.1</tt>). For versions such as <tt>4.2</tt>, patch will be set to <tt>0</tt>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+human_readable (string)\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ A human-readable version of i3 containing the precise git version,\r
+ build date and branch name. When you need to display the i3 version to\r
+ your users, use the human-readable version whenever possible (since\r
+ this is what <tt>i3 --version</tt> displays, too).\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+</dl></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example:</strong></p></div>\r
+<div class="listingblock">\r
+<div class="content">\r
+<pre><tt>{\r
+ "human_readable" : "4.2-169-gf80b877 (2012-08-05, branch \"next\")",\r
+ "minor" : 2,\r
+ "patch" : 0,\r
+ "major" : 4\r
+}</tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
+</div>\r