🚀 go-pugleaf

Previously I posted:

> Just installed vm-5.31 using Emacs 18.55, and I get the error
>   can't support numeric vm-flush-interval without interval timers...sorry
> when vm loads.  What do I fix?  No other problems so far, though.

Someone sent me the timer package (didn't have timer.c).  I also
received the suggestion that I put

(setq vm-flush-interval t)

in either ~/.emacs or ~/.vm but that gave me the error

  Invalid read syntax: ". in wrong context"

when I call vm.  I haven't figured out how to compile timer.c
correctly & until I do, I'll get all sorts of (macro (... garbage
errors when using vm commands.  Before I tried to fix anything, I was
at least able to use vm, now I cannot & I can't figure out why, after
changing (or trying to change everything back).  A very good case is
being made to forego 5.31 and use 4.41.  I'm reluctant to believe that
these problems haven't been previously encountered.  Could someone
send me back mail from this mailing list so I can figure out whether
to spend much more time on this?  Thanks.

jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu