Eval the Emacs Lisp expression in other Emacs. (other-emacs-eval 'emacs-version) ;; => "27.0.50" (other-emacs-eval 'emacs-version "emacs-25.3.1") ;; => "25.3.1" (other-emacs-eval 'emacs-version "emacs-24.4.2") ;; => "24.4.2"