eval: (search-forward)

[Albert Reiner]

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!

TIA,

Albert.

P.S.: Current solution is to have the (search-forward ...) in the
      first line and do C-e C-x C-e.