From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Albert Reiner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: eval: (search-forward) Date: 12 Oct 2004 15:57:39 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097589797 31763 80.91.229.6 (12 Oct 2004 14:03:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 12 16:03:12 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CHNFA-0003yv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:03:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CHNM9-0007L9-Kw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:10:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: berry.phys.ntnu.no Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1097589459 13561 129.241.48.91 (12 Oct 2004 13:57:39 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:57:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125841 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21209 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21209 [Joakim Hove , 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.