Setting (site) defaults for customization options?

Setting (site) defaults for customization options?

[David Reitter]

Hi,

how do I set different defaults in a site init file for things like  
blink-cursor-mode?
I want the end-user to be able to change the setting and use "Save  
Options" to save them to .emacs.

Right now, I can set blink-cursor-mode, but it isn't saved to .emacs  
because it is not different from the default. I tried (setq-default  
blink-cursor-mode t) - to no avail.

Is this a bug, or what am I doing wrong? (I also tried (put 'blink- 
cursor-mode 'standard-value t)).

Thanks for your help.

Re: Setting (site) defaults for customization options?

[David Reitter]

I wrote:

> how do I set different defaults in a site init file for things like  
> blink-cursor-mode?
> I want the end-user to be able to change the setting and use "Save  
> Options" to save them to .emacs.


The solution is similar to what I've tried earlier, and it is not  
documented as far as I could see - I only found out when going  
through some source files.

This sets the standard value

(put 'blink-cursor-mode 'standard-value (list blink-cursor-mode))

You'll need to set the current value, too, of course.


Good source of information:

http://ecb.sourceforge.net/docs/Site-wide-customizing.html