RE: [External] : Saving variables for use between emacs sessions

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> > Just define the option with defcustom.
> >
> > Users can use Customize to change the
> > value and save that new setting to their
> > `custom-file' or init file. Or they can use` custom*' functions to
> > set and to save. Or you can use such
> > functions to do that for them "in an
> > automatic way".
> >
> > Just look into what's available - it's
> > all there. You, yourself, can easily
> > check it out.
> 
> I have coded as follows
> (defgroup tpframe-pos nil
>   "Set position of frame."
>   :group 'convenience)
> (defcustom tpfxpos 8
>   "X position of initial frame."
>   :group 'tpframe-pos :type 'integer)
> (defcustom tpfypos 8
>   "Y position of initial frame."
>   :group 'tpframe-pos :type 'integer)
> 
> Then I have a function that changes the values with
> (setq tpfxpos nlft) and (setq tpfypos ntop)

What part of this:

> > use `custom*' functions to set and to save.
        ^^^^^^^^^                         ^^^^

did you not understand?  Or did you just ignore
it all?

Do you think `setq' is a `custom*' function?
Do you think it saves the variable value
persistently?