Re: about keysee

[Stefan Monnier]

Emanuel Berg [2022-12-14 21:46:42] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
>>> For that, you can just use `M-x load-library' to load
>>> `cl-macs.el' and `M-x load-file to load `sortie.el' and
>>> then `keysee.el'.
>>
>> You should never need to load/require explicitly `cl-macs`.
>> Instead you should load/require `cl-lib` (which will then
>> load cl-macs and other parts of cl-lib as/when needed).
>> If you need to manually load `cl-macs` there's probably
>> a bug somewhere.
>
> You should not _need_ to do it but shouldn't it still work
> _if_ you do it?

Maybe it will work "here and now".
But if you care about it working for past and/or future versions of Emacs...
[ As maintainers, we worry a lot about this, because the more people
  rely on internal details the harder it is to change them.  ]


        Stefan