Re: eval: (search-forward)

[Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de>]

Albert Reiner <areiner@tph.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am working with a file that gets carried around a lot, changes names
> etc., so that I (think I) cannot use bookmarks to mark the place where
> I was working.  So instead I put some mark, e.g., `%%WORK%%' into the
> file at the position where I want to go on working.  Instead of doing
> C-s % % W O R K % % every time I open the document, I wanted to have
> this done automatically.  My attempt was to use the file local
> variables section with an entry
>
>     eval: (search-forward "%%WORK%%")
>
> When I open the file, I am asked whether I want to evaluate the
> `eval', but still I do not end up at the marked position.
>
> Any clarifications on why that does not work, and on how to make it
> work, would be most welcome!

At the time the form is evaluated, the buffer is narrowed to the
local variables section.  That's all there is to it.  Try this:

Local Variables:
eval: (add-hook 'find-file-hook (lambda () (goto-char (point-min))
(search-forward "%%WORK%%")) t t)
End:


    Oliver
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