Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Wilson Snyder (@wsnyder)
Original Date: 2015-07-10T12:41:19Z

I suspect this is because you're using "setq" on a variable that isn't "buffer-local" which is a general emacs concept. Instead of setting it in AUTO_LISP put it in the Local Variables section at the bottom of your file and it should work.

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Shareef Jalloq
Original Date: 2015-07-10T12:46:58Z

Thanks but I tried the other example in the FAQ pages and it had the same behaviour.

/*
    Local Variables:
    eval:(setq verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp (concat
    "^\\(" 
    "signal1_.*" 
    "\\|signal2_.*" 
    "\\)$" 
    )))
    End:
*/

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Wilson Snyder (@wsnyder)
Original Date: 2015-07-10T12:58:15Z

Like this, I'll fix the FAQ:

Local Variables:
verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp: "^\\(signal1_.*\\|signal2_.*\\)$" 
End:

Or this

Local Variables:
verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp: ""
eval:(setq verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp (concat
"^\\(" 
"signal1_.*" 
"\\|signal2_.*" 
"\\)$" 
)))
End:

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Shareef Jalloq
Original Date: 2015-07-10T13:11:31Z

OK, thanks, that seems to work but...

on the signals I tried it with, once I've removed the auto-output-ignore, it seems to be sticky. Even removing the internal auto-wires and re-running autos doesn't result in the outputs being reinstated. I actually had to quit xemacs before it would re-parse correctly.

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Wilson Snyder (@wsnyder)
Original Date: 2015-07-10T13:15:38Z

That's right because the problem was it was incorrectly set globally.

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Shareef Jalloq
Original Date: 2015-07-10T13:47:10Z

Sorry, I'm getting confused. Perhaps we're talking at cross purposes.

I've tried your updated code,

Local Variables:
verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp: "^\\(signal1_.*\\|signal2_.*\\)$" 
End:

and it works nicely. But if I remove the verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp, for example imagine I've now implemented the functionality external to this module and would like to export this signal as an output, the output ports don't get updated. As a counter example, I don't have to quit and reload xemacs for a change to an AUTO_TEMPLATE to take effect, I just re-run AUTO's and the change is reflected. This variable seems to be sticky until a quit and reload of xemacs.

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Shareef Jalloq
Original Date: 2015-07-10T14:04:43Z

Here's a noddy example to highlight what behaviour I would have expected.

Thanks.

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Wilson Snyder (@wsnyder)
Original Date: 2015-07-12T23:56:00Z

A local variable sticks until the buffer is deleted, just delete the buffer then reload the file. Sorry, but that's how Emacs works, verilog-mode can't change it. (AUTO_TEMPLATE is done by verilog-mode itself so it does it nicer.)

Alternatively set it empty.

Local Variables:
verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp: nil
End:

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Wilson Snyder (@wsnyder)
Original Date: 2015-07-12T23:58:22Z

This may be better as avoids a warning in newer Emacs:

Local Variables:
verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp: ""
End:

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Shareef Jalloq
Original Date: 2015-07-13T07:23:01Z

OK, thanks a lot. I understand the issue now. Cheers.

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Yonatan Shoshan
Original Date: 2018-10-24T12:20:07Z

Hi Wilson, I wanted to know if there was a way to define more than one regexp for the output-ignore-regexp variable.
For example:

// Local Variables:
// verilog-auto-output-ignore-regexp:"clust._core._cevax_debug_mode" "boot_latch_spare"
// End:

Thanks!

Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Wilson Snyder (@wsnyder)
Original Date: 2018-10-24T14:47:22Z

Make a regular expression which ORs the two subexpressions. "\(clust._core._cevax_debug_mode\|boot_latch_spare\)"