setting default value

[David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>]

In a site init file, I'm trying to set different default values for 
stuff like 'blink-cursor-mode'.

(setq-default blink-cursor-mode t)
(blink-cursor-mode blink-cursor-mode)

However, if I then select a different setting (i.e. blink-cursor mode 
nil) and save the customizations (Options/Save Options), this setting 
is not saved.

No I think this is because menu-bar-options-save doesn't notice that 
the standard value for blink-cursor-mode is supposed to be different, 
so it doesn't bother saving the current value.

Therefore, I tried to do this in my site init file:

(put 'blink-cursor-mode 'standard-value t)

However, it has absolutely no effect. That's because the 
customized-value property of blink-cursor-mode simply isn't set 
correctly when blink-cursor-mode changes. Theoretically, 
customize-mark-as-set should take care of that, checking the 
standard-value property. That's why I tried to set it.

Why does this not work???

Thanks for your help!