questions/problems with -batch AUTO updates

Hi.

I'm setting up scripts to run emacs -batch to update all my AUTOs and also re-indent, but have issues with both.

First, the AUTO. I set up a script based on the FAQ example, like this:

emacs --no-site-file -l ~/.emacs.d/verilog-mode.el --batch  \
lowest_file.v \
lower_file.v \
topfile.v \
-f verilog-batch-auto

The real one has about 40 files. It runs, but it's not seeing the

// verilog-typedef-regexp: "_s$"

in the Local Variables section at the end of each file, so it's messing up ports that are structures. If I manually update AUTOs in the file, it works fine. What do I need to do to get the batch version to work?

Next, the auto-indent. It's exactly the same except the last line is

-f verilog-batch-indent

It works, but it's not using the hook I added to untabify when saving files:

;; remove tabs from verilog files when saving. 
(add-hook 'verilog-mode-hook '(lambda ()
    (add-hook 'write-file-functions (lambda()
       (untabify (point-min) (point-max))
       nil))))

Again, this works fine if not done in batch. I tried changing the first line of the script to

emacs  -l ~/.emacs.d/verilog-mode.el --batch  \

removing the "--no-site-file" so it would read my init.el file, but it didn't change anything.

What now?

Thanks much!

David

Replies (2)

RE: questions/problems with -batch AUTO updates - Added by Wilson Snyder 8 months ago

I believe --batch turns off reading the .emacs, which is why your hook isn't read. Put it into a separate .el file and "-l my.el" on the command line before the -f.

As to Local variables, I added a test to my regression that depended on a local variable and it seems to work, so you'll need to provide some additional hints; one thing you can do is make a foo.el that you -l after the -f that prints the state of things

(find-file "file_i_loaded_earlier.v")
(describe-variable 'verilog-typedef-regexp)

RE: questions/problems with -batch AUTO updates - Added by David Rogoff 8 months ago

I moved all my verilog-mode code out of init.el into a separate file and switched the -l to that file and it all worked! FYI, I set '-L' first so my new file picked up my local copy of verilog-mode.el.

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