Re: eval: (search-forward)

[Albert Reiner <areiner@tph.tuwien.ac.at>]

[Joakim Hove <hove@ift.uib.no>, Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:59:36 +0200]:
> 1. Define the local variable work-string (or whatever) *as a
>    string*, in the relevant file.
> 
> 2. The following function in .emacs or somewhere:
> 
> (defun goto-work ()
>      (if (boundp 'work-string)
>       (progn
> 	(goto-char (point-min))
> 	(unless (search-forward work-string (point-max) 't)
> 	  (message (format "Could not find \"%s\" in buffer" work-string))))))
> 	  
> 3. (add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'goto-work)

I have modified goto-work to be (interactive) and would have expected
that I could then use M-x goto-work to go to the current position of
work-string at any time.  But surprisingly, after the hook is run the
boundp test always fails, as if the buffer-local value went away after
initialization.  Any simple fix?

TIA,

Albert.