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Jerry Graves writes:
 > 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.

Put (setq debug-on-error t) in your .emacs, generate the error
and send me the stacktrace.

 > 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.

?? I've never heard of anyone having any problems compiling
timer.c.  Nonetheless, I have a shell script that does a prety
jobs of what timer.c is meant to do.  I've been using
it for months, so I'll send it along in a separate message.

 > 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).

(setq vm-fluush-interval nil) will remove the need for timers
in your VM sessions.  If you're getting all kinds of strange
macro errors, you might have something byte-compiled incorrectly.
Try rebuilding VM from scratch.

 > I'm reluctant to believe that these problems haven't been
 > previously encountered.

As far as I know you're the first to have problems getting the
timer package into place.  Others have complained that Emacs
crashewd regularly when they used the timers, but no
installation problems were reported.