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Hi all.

I've been using Mac's verilog-mode for years to edit my code. However,
as my files have gotten bigger, the mode has made emacs slow down to
the point of uselessness. When I'm editing a 5000 - 10000 line file,
just hitting return near the end of the file takes a while for it to
figure out the correct indentation. And, trying to re-indent the
whole file takes forever.

I'm running the latest verilog-mode.el and xemacs 21.4.15 under RedHat
Enterprise.

Any ideas how to speed this up? Any Win/*nix programs to batch indent
Verilog files outside the editor?

Thanks!

David

On Feb 1, 11:42 am, unfrostedpoptart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I've been using Mac's verilog-mode for years to edit my code. However,
> as my files have gotten bigger, the mode has made emacs slow down to
> the point of uselessness. When I'm editing a 5000 - 10000 line file,
> just hitting return near the end of the file takes a while for it to
> figure out the correct indentation. And, trying to re-indent the
> whole file takes forever.
>
> I'm running the latest verilog-mode.el and xemacs 21.4.15 under RedHat
> Enterprise.
>
> Any ideas how to speed this up? Any Win/*nix programs to batch indent
> Verilog files outside the editor?
>
> Thanks!
>
> David

I realize we all have our preferences for style, etc. But have you
considered reducing your file size? I usually find that when a module
grows much over 1,000 lines it helps to modularize it more.

Just my 2 cents,
Gabor

unfrostedpoptart <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi all.
>
> I've been using Mac's verilog-mode for years to edit my code. However,
> as my files have gotten bigger, the mode has made emacs slow down to
> the point of uselessness. When I'm editing a 5000 - 10000 line file,
> just hitting return near the end of the file takes a while for it to
> figure out the correct indentation. And, trying to re-indent the
> whole file takes forever.
>
> I'm running the latest verilog-mode.el and xemacs 21.4.15 under RedHat
> Enterprise.
>
> Any ideas how to speed this up?

Make sure you have line number mode turned off.

> Any Win/*nix programs to batch indent
> Verilog files outside the editor?

Emacs in batch mode.

On Feb 2, 7:31*am, gabor <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 1, 11:42 am, unfrostedpoptart <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi all.
>
> > I've been using Mac's verilog-mode for years to edit my code. However,
> > as my files have gotten bigger, the mode has made emacs slow down to
> > the point of uselessness. *When I'm editing a 5000 - 10000 line file,
> > just hitting return near the end of the file takes a while for it to
> > figure out the correct indentation. *And, trying to re-indent the
> > whole file takes forever.
>
> > I'm running the latest verilog-mode.el and xemacs 21.4.15 under RedHat
> > Enterprise.
>
> > Any ideas how to speed this up? Any Win/*nix programs to batch indent
> > Verilog files outside the editor?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > *David
>
> I realize we all have our preferences for style, etc. *But have you
> considered reducing your file size? *I usually find that when a module
> grows much over 1,000 lines it helps to modularize it more.

I generally agree, but A) I didn't write most of the code, and B) some
are top-level files that instantiate lots of sub-modules so they're
huge. Now, if all the tools supported SV interfaces I could shrink
them down under 1k lines.

David