Re: patn-insert.el requires cl which is deprecated

[Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

>> My options seem to be:1. Find out if anyone has updated it to work under
>> Emacs 27+ (in progress)2. Attempt to update it to use cl-lib myself
>> (unlikely)3. Contact the author (deferred)4. Keep my Emacs 25.2.1 installed
>> just so that I can use the functions in patn-insert
>
> Feel free to ask for more specific help (e.g. post actual error
> messages, ideally with backtraces).  I also recommend you byte-compile
> the file (the byte-compiler should give you useful messages, and if
> they're not useful to you, post them here, other people can interpret
> them for you).

BTW, it's probably best to byte-compile it with (one of) the last
version of Emacs with which it still works (it might give you hints
about uses of obsolete functionality).


        Stefan