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1 *ale.txt* Plugin to lint and fix files asynchronously
4 ALE - Asynchronous Lint Engine
6 ===============================================================================
7 CONTENTS *ale-contents*
9 1. Introduction.........................|ale-introduction|
10 2. Supported Languages & Tools..........|ale-support|
11 3. Linting..............................|ale-lint|
12 3.1 Linting On Other Machines.........|ale-lint-other-machines|
13 3.2 Adding Language Servers...........|ale-lint-language-servers|
14 3.3 Other Sources.....................|ale-lint-other-sources|
15 4. Fixing Problems......................|ale-fix|
16 5. Language Server Protocol Support.....|ale-lsp|
17 5.1 LSP Neovim Integration............|ale-lsp-neovim|
18 5.2 Completion........................|ale-completion|
19 5.3 Go To Definition..................|ale-go-to-definition|
20 5.4 Go To Type Definition.............|ale-go-to-type-definition|
21 5.5 Go To Implementation..............|ale-go-to-implementation|
22 5.6 Find References...................|ale-find-references|
23 5.7 Hovering..........................|ale-hover|
24 5.8 Symbol Search.....................|ale-symbol-search|
25 5.9 Refactoring: Rename, Actions......|ale-refactor|
26 6. Global Options.......................|ale-options|
27 6.1 Highlights........................|ale-highlights|
28 7. Linter/Fixer Options.................|ale-integration-options|
29 7.1 Options for alex..................|ale-alex-options|
30 7.2 Options for cspell................|ale-cspell-options|
31 7.3 Options for languagetool..........|ale-languagetool-options|
32 7.4 Options for write-good............|ale-write-good-options|
33 7.5 Other Linter/Fixer Options........|ale-other-integration-options|
34 8. Commands/Keybinds....................|ale-commands|
35 9. API..................................|ale-api|
36 10. Special Thanks......................|ale-special-thanks|
37 11. Contact.............................|ale-contact|
40 ===============================================================================
41 1. Introduction *ale-introduction*
43 ALE provides the means to run linters asynchronously in Vim in a variety of
44 languages and tools. ALE sends the contents of buffers to linter programs
45 using the |job-control| features available in Vim 8 and NeoVim. For Vim 8,
46 Vim must be compiled with the |+job| and |+channel| and |+timers| features
49 ALE supports the following key features for linting:
51 1. Running linters when text is changed.
52 2. Running linters when files are opened.
53 3. Running linters when files are saved. (When a global flag is set.)
54 4. Populating the |location-list| with warning and errors.
55 5. Setting |signs| with warnings and errors for error markers.
56 6. Using `:echo` to show error messages when the cursor moves.
57 7. Setting syntax highlights for errors.
59 ALE can fix problems with files with the `:ALEFix` command, using the same job
60 control functionality used for checking for problems. Try using the
61 `:ALEFixSuggest` command for browsing tools that can be used to fix problems
62 for the current buffer.
64 If you are interested in contributing to the development of ALE, read the
65 developer documentation. See |ale-development|
67 For configuring ALE in Neovim, you can use the |ale.setup| function to
68 configure ALE globally in `init.vim`. >
70 require("ale").setup({
71 completion_enabled = true,
72 maximum_file_size = 1024 * 1024,
73 warn_about_trailing_whitespace = false,
76 In |ftplugin| files you can customise behavior for different filetypes by
77 using the |ale.setup.buffer| function. >
79 -- In ftplugin/python.lua in &runtimepath
80 require("ale").setup.buffer({
81 linters = {"ruff", "pyright"},
85 Buffer local settings override global settings for that buffer.
88 ===============================================================================
89 2. Supported Languages & Tools *ale-support*
91 ALE supports a wide variety of languages and tools. See |ale-supported-list|
95 ===============================================================================
98 ALE's primary focus is on checking for problems with your code with various
99 programs via some Vim code for integrating with those programs, referred to
100 as 'linters.' ALE supports a wide array of programs for linting by default,
101 but additional programs can be added easily by defining files in |runtimepath|
102 with the filename pattern `ale_linters/<filetype>/<filename>.vim`. For more
103 information on defining new linters, see the extensive documentation
104 for |ale#linter#Define()|.
106 Without any configuration, ALE will attempt to check all of the code for every
107 file you open in Vim with all available tools by default. To see what ALE
108 is doing, and what options have been set, try using the `:ALEInfo` command.
110 Most of the linters ALE runs will check the Vim buffer you are editing instead
111 of the file on disk. This allows you to check your code for errors before you
112 have even saved your changes. ALE will check your code in the following
113 circumstances, which can be configured with the associated options.
115 * When you modify a buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed|
116 * On leaving insert mode - |g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave|
117 * When you open a new or modified buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_enter|
118 * When you save a buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_save|
119 * When the filetype changes for a buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed|
120 * If ALE is used to check code manually - |:ALELint|
122 *ale-lint-settings-on-startup*
124 It is worth reading the documentation for every option. You should configure
125 which events ALE will use before ALE is loaded, so it can optimize which
126 autocmd commands to run. You can force autocmd commands to be reloaded with
127 `:ALEDisable | ALEEnable`
129 This also applies to the autocmd commands used for |g:ale_echo_cursor|.
131 *ale-lint-file-linters*
133 Some programs must be run against files which have been saved to disk, and
134 simply do not support reading temporary files or stdin, either of which are
135 required for ALE to be able to check for errors as you type. The programs
136 which behave this way are documented in the lists and tables of supported
137 programs. ALE will only lint files with these programs in the following
140 * When you open a new or modified buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_enter|
141 * When you save a buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_save|
142 * When the filetype changes for a buffer - |g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed|
143 * If ALE is used to check code manually - |:ALELint|
145 ALE will report problems with your code in the following ways, listed with
146 their relevant options.
148 * Via Neovim diagnostics (On in Neovim 0.7+) - |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api|
149 * By updating loclist (On by default) - |g:ale_set_loclist|
150 * By updating quickfix (Off by default) - |g:ale_set_quickfix|
151 * By setting error highlights - |g:ale_set_highlights|
152 * By creating signs in the sign column - |g:ale_set_signs|
153 * By echoing messages based on your cursor - |g:ale_echo_cursor|
154 * By showing virtual text at your cursor - |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|
155 * By previewing details at your cursor - |g:ale_cursor_detail|
156 * By showing balloons for your mouse cursor - |g:ale_set_balloons|
158 Please consult the documentation for each option, which can reveal some other
159 ways of tweaking the behavior of each way of displaying problems. You can
160 disable or enable whichever options you prefer.
162 Most settings can be configured for each buffer. (|b:| instead of |g:|),
163 including disabling ALE for certain buffers with |b:ale_enabled|. The
164 |g:ale_pattern_options| setting can be used to configure files differently
165 based on regular expressions for filenames. For configuring entire projects,
166 the buffer-local options can be used with external plugins for reading Vim
167 project configuration files. Buffer-local settings can also be used in
168 ftplugin files for different filetypes.
170 ALE offers several options for controlling which linters are run.
172 * Selecting linters to run. - |g:ale_linters|
173 * Aliasing filetypes for linters - |g:ale_linter_aliases|
174 * Only running linters you asked for. - |g:ale_linters_explicit|
175 * Disabling only a subset of linters. - |g:ale_linters_ignore|
176 * Disabling LSP linters and `tsserver`. - |g:ale_disable_lsp|
178 You can stop ALE any currently running linters with the `:ALELintStop` command.
179 Any existing problems will be kept.
182 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
183 3.1 Linting On Other Machines *ale-lint-other-machines*
185 ALE offers support for running linters or fixers on files you are editing
186 locally on other machines, so long as the other machine has access to the file
187 you are editing. This could be a linter or fixer run inside of a Docker image,
188 running in a virtual machine, running on a remote server, etc.
190 In order to run tools on other machines, you will need to configure your tools
191 to run via scripts that execute commands on those machines, such as by setting
192 the ALE `_executable` options for those tools to a path for a script to run,
193 or by using |g:ale_command_wrapper| to specify a script to wrap all commands
194 that are run by ALE, before they are executed. For tools that ALE runs where
195 ALE looks for locally installed executables first, you may need to set the
196 `_use_global` options for those tools to `1`, or you can set
197 |g:ale_use_global_executables| to `1` before ALE is loaded to only use global
198 executables for all tools.
200 In order for ALE to properly lint or fix files which are running on another
201 file system, you must provide ALE with |List|s of strings for mapping paths to
202 and from your local file system and the remote file system, such as the file
203 system of your Docker container. See |g:ale_filename_mappings| for all of the
204 different ways these filename mappings can be configured.
206 For example, you might configure `pylint` to run via Docker by creating a
211 exec docker run -i --rm -v "$(pwd):/data" cytopia/pylint "$@"
213 You will want to run Docker commands with `-i` in order to read from stdin.
215 With the above script in mind, you might configure ALE to lint your Python
216 project with `pylint` by providing the path to the script to execute, and
217 mappings which describe how to change between the two file systems in your
218 `python.vim` |ftplugin| file, like so: >
220 if expand('%:p') =~# '^/home/w0rp/git/test-pylint/'
221 let b:ale_linters = ['pylint']
222 let b:ale_python_pylint_use_global = 1
223 " This is the path to the script above.
224 let b:ale_python_pylint_executable = '/home/w0rp/git/test-pylint/pylint.sh'
225 " /data matches the path in Docker.
226 let b:ale_filename_mappings = {
228 \ ['/home/w0rp/git/test-pylint', '/data'],
233 You might consider using a Vim plugin for loading Vim configuration files
234 specific to each project, if you have a lot of projects to manage.
237 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
238 3.2 Adding Language Servers *ale-lint-language-servers*
240 ALE comes with many default configurations for language servers, so they can
241 be detected and run automatically. ALE can connect to other language servers
242 by defining a new linter for a filetype. New linters can be defined in |vimrc|,
243 in plugin files, or `ale_linters` directories in 'runtimepath'.
245 See |ale-linter-loading-behavior| for more information on loading linters.
247 A minimal configuration for a language server linter might look so. >
249 call ale#linter#Define('filetype_here', {
250 \ 'name': 'any_name_you_want',
252 \ 'executable': '/path/to/executable',
253 \ 'command': '%e run',
254 \ 'project_root': '/path/to/root_of_project',
257 For language servers that use a TCP or named pipe socket connection, you
258 should define the address to connect to instead. >
260 call ale#linter#Define('filetype_here', {
261 \ 'name': 'any_name_you_want',
263 \ 'address': 'servername:1234',
264 \ 'project_root': '/path/to/root_of_project',
267 Most of the options for a language server can be replaced with a |Funcref| for
268 a function accepting a buffer number for dynamically computing values such as
269 the executable path, the project path, the server address, etc, most of which
270 can also be determined based on executing some other asynchronous task. See
271 |ale#command#Run()| for computing linter options based on asynchronous
274 See |ale#linter#Define()| for a detailed explanation of all of the options for
278 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
279 3.3 Other Sources *ale-lint-other-sources*
281 Problems for a buffer can be taken from other sources and rendered by ALE.
282 This allows ALE to be used in combination with other plugins which also want
283 to display any problems they might find with a buffer. ALE's API includes the
284 following components for making this possible.
286 * |ale#other_source#StartChecking()| - Tell ALE that a buffer is being checked.
287 * |ale#other_source#ShowResults()| - Show results from another source.
288 * |ALEWantResults| - A signal for when ALE wants results.
290 Other resources can provide results for ALE to display at any time, following
291 ALE's loclist format. (See |ale-loclist-format|) For example: >
293 " Tell ALE to show some results.
294 " This function can be called at any time.
295 call ale#other_source#ShowResults(bufnr(''), 'some-linter-name', [
296 \ {'text': 'Something went wrong', 'lnum': 13},
299 Other sources should use a unique name for identifying themselves. A single
300 linter name can be used for all problems from another source, or a series of
301 unique linter names can be used. Results can be cleared for that source by
302 providing an empty List.
304 |ale#other_source#StartChecking()| should be called whenever another source
305 starts checking a buffer, so other tools can know that a buffer is being
306 checked by some plugin. The |ALEWantResults| autocmd event can be used to
307 start checking a buffer for problems every time that ALE does. When
308 |ALEWantResults| is signaled, |g:ale_want_results_buffer| will be set to the
309 number of the buffer that ALE wants to check.
310 |ale#other_source#StartChecking()| should be called synchronously, and other
311 sources should perform their checks on a buffer in the background
312 asynchronously, so they don't interrupt editing.
314 |ale#other_source#ShowResults()| must not be called synchronously before
315 ALE's engine executes its code after the |ALEWantResults| event runs. If
316 there are immediate results to provide to ALE, a 0 millisecond timer with
317 |timer_start()| can be set instead up to call |ale#other_source#ShowResults()|
318 after ALE has first executed its engine code for its own sources.
320 A plugin might integrate its own checks with ALE like so: >
322 augroup SomeGroupName
324 autocmd User ALEWantResults call Hook(g:ale_want_results_buffer)
327 function! DoBackgroundWork(buffer) abort
328 " Start some work in the background here.
330 " Then call WorkDone(a:buffer, results)
333 function! Hook(buffer) abort
334 " Tell ALE we're going to check this buffer.
335 call ale#other_source#StartChecking(a:buffer, 'some-name')
336 call DoBackgroundWork(a:buffer)
339 function! WorkDone(buffer, results) abort
340 " Send results to ALE after they have been collected.
341 call ale#other_source#ShowResults(a:buffer, 'some-name', a:results)
345 ===============================================================================
346 4. Fixing Problems *ale-fix*
348 ALE can fix problems with files with the `:ALEFix` command. `:ALEFix`
349 accepts names of fixers to be applied as arguments. Alternatively,
350 when no arguments are provided, the variable |g:ale_fixers| will be
351 read for getting a |List| of commands for filetypes, split on `.`, and
352 the functions named in |g:ale_fixers| will be executed for fixing the
355 The `:ALEFixSuggest` command can be used to suggest tools that be used to
356 fix problems for the current buffer.
358 The values for `g:ale_fixers` can be a list of |String|, |Funcref|, or
359 |lambda| values. String values must either name a function, or a short name
360 for a function set in the ALE fixer registry.
362 Each function for fixing errors must accept either one argument `(buffer)` or
363 two arguments `(buffer, lines)`, representing the buffer being fixed and the
364 lines to fix. The functions must return either `0`, for changing nothing, a
365 |List| for new lines to set, a |Dictionary| for describing a command to be
366 run in the background, or the result of |ale#command#Run()|.
368 Functions receiving a variable number of arguments will not receive the second
369 argument `lines`. Functions should name two arguments if the `lines` argument
370 is desired. This is required to avoid unnecessary copying of the lines of
371 the buffers being checked.
373 When a |Dictionary| is returned for an `:ALEFix` callback, the following keys
374 are supported for running the commands.
376 `cwd` An optional |String| for setting the working directory
379 If not set, or `v:null`, the `cwd` of the last command
380 that spawn this one will be used.
382 `command` A |String| for the command to run. This key is required.
384 When `%t` is included in a command string, a temporary
385 file will be created, containing the lines from the file
386 after previous adjustment have been done.
388 See |ale-command-format-strings| for formatting options.
390 `read_temporary_file` When set to `1`, ALE will read the contents of the
391 temporary file created for `%t`. This option can be used
392 for commands which need to modify some file on disk in
395 `process_with` An optional callback for post-processing.
397 The callback must accept arguments `(bufnr, output)`:
398 the buffer number undergoing fixing and the fixer's
399 output as a |List| of |String|s. It must return a |List|
400 of |String|s that will be the new contents of the
403 This callback is useful to remove excess lines from the
404 command's output or apply additional changes to the
408 `read_buffer` An optional key for disabling reading the buffer.
410 When set to `0`, ALE will not pipe the buffer's data
411 into the command via stdin. This option is ignored and
412 the buffer is not read when `read_temporary_file` is
415 This option defaults to `1`.
417 *ale-fix-configuration*
419 Synchronous functions and asynchronous jobs will be run in a sequence for
420 fixing files, and can be combined. For example:
426 \ {buffer, lines -> filter(lines, 'v:val !=~ ''^\s*//''')},
432 The above example will call a function called `DoSomething` which could act
433 upon some lines immediately, then run `eslint` from the ALE registry, and
434 then call a lambda function which will remove every single line comment
437 For buffer-local settings, such as in |g:ale_pattern_options| or in ftplugin
438 files, a |List| may be used for configuring the fixers instead.
440 " Same as the above, only a List can be used instead of a Dictionary.
444 \ {buffer, lines -> filter(lines, 'v:val !=~ ''^\s*//''')},
449 For convenience, a plug mapping is defined for `:ALEFix`, so you can set up a
450 keybind easily for fixing files. >
452 " Bind F8 to fixing problems with ALE
453 nmap <F8> <Plug>(ale_fix)
455 Files can be fixed automatically with the following options, which are all off
458 |g:ale_fix_on_save| - Fix files when they are saved.
460 Fixers can be disabled on save with |g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore|. They will
461 still be run when you manually run `:ALEFix`.
463 Fixers can be run on another machines, just like linters, such as fixers run
464 from a Docker container, running in a virtual machine, running a remote
465 server, etc. See |ale-lint-other-machines|.
468 ===============================================================================
469 5. Language Server Protocol Support *ale-lsp*
471 ALE integrates with Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers. LSP linters can be
472 used in combination with any other linter, and will automatically connect to
473 LSP servers when needed. ALE also supports `tsserver` for TypeScript, which
474 uses a different but very similar protocol.
476 If you want to use another plugin for LSP features and tsserver, you can use
477 the |g:ale_disable_lsp| setting to disable ALE's own LSP integrations, or
478 ignore particular linters with |g:ale_linters_ignore|. In ALE's default
479 configuration ALE will attempt to avoid conflicting with `nvim-lspconfig`.
481 ALE will integrate with Neovim's LSP client by default in Neovim 0.8+. This
482 functionality can be controlled with the |g:ale_use_neovim_lsp_api| setting.
483 See |ale-lsp-neovim| below for information about ALE's integration with
486 If for any reason you want to stop a language server ALE starts, such as when
487 a project configuration has significantly changed, or new files have been
488 added the language server isn't aware of, use either `:ALEStopLSP` or
489 `:ALEStopAllLSPs` to stop the server until ALE automatically starts it again.
492 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
493 5.1 LSP Neovim Integration *ale-lsp-neovim*
495 In Neovim 0.8+ ALE will integrate with Neovim's native LSP client by default,
496 unless disabled by setting |g:ale_use_neovim_lsp_api| to `0`. All built in
497 functionality for Neovim's LSP client should work as expected, and this
498 ensures ALE integrates well with other plugins that rely on Neovim's LSP
501 NOTE: Neovim versions below `0.11.0` do not support socket connections to
502 language servers when the `address` defined in ALE uses a hostname instead of
503 an IP address. To work around this, configure language clients with an IP
504 address instead of a hostname, or revert back to ALE's custom LSP client.
506 See |lsp| for information on Neovim's built in LSP client.
508 For diagnostics, for computing problems to show via ALE, ALE overrides the
509 diagnostics handler for the LSP client launched by ALE, so all of the
510 functionality in ALE will work as expected. By default ALE will send
511 diagnostics back to Neovim's diagnostics API, which can be configured with the
512 |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| setting. This ensures that all of the
513 functionality ALE adds on top for diagnostics will function, and that problems
514 from linters that don't use LSP can be combined with LSP servers. See the
517 +-------------------+
518 | Language Server | (Sends diagnostics)
519 +-------------------+
521 +-------------------+
522 | Neovim LSP Client | (Receives diagnostics)
523 +-------------------+
525 +-------------------+
526 | ALE Processing | (Intercepts and processes diagnostics)
527 +-------------------+
529 +-------------------+
530 | Diagnostic engine | (Either Neovim's diagnostics or ALE's custom code)
531 +-------------------+
533 +-------------------+
534 | Neovim | (User sees formatted diagnostics)
535 +-------------------+
537 For LSP functionality executed via ALE's own functions, commands, and
538 keybinds, ALE will intercept requests and handle them in an entirely custom
539 way, ensuring ALE functionality should work largely the same between
540 different Vim versions. See the diagram below. >
542 +-------------------+
543 | Neovim | (User triggers LSP request via ALE)
544 +-------------------+
546 +-------------------+
547 | ALE | (ALE sends request to Neovim client)
548 +-------------------+
550 +-------------------+
551 | Neovim LSP Client | (Forwards request to language server)
552 +-------------------+
554 +-------------------+
555 | Language Server | (Processes request and sends response)
556 +-------------------+
558 +-------------------+
559 | Neovim LSP Client | (Receives response)
560 +-------------------+
562 +-------------------+
563 | ALE | (ALE Handles "raw" LSP response)
564 +-------------------+
566 +-------------------+
567 | Neovim | (User sees result)
568 +-------------------+
570 For LSP functionality built-in to Neovim, such as the |gd| keybind for jumping
571 to a definition, Neovim will bypass ALE entirely, ensuring that ALE does not
572 interfere with LSP functionality as expected by built-in Neovim tools or other
573 plugins. See the diagram below. >
575 +-------------------+
576 | Neovim | (User triggers LSP request)
577 +-------------------+
579 +-------------------+
580 | Neovim LSP Client | (Directly handles the request)
581 +-------------------+
583 +-------------------+
584 | Language Server | (Processes request and sends response)
585 +-------------------+
587 +-------------------+
588 | Neovim LSP Client | (Receives response and shows result)
589 +-------------------+
591 +-------------------+
592 | Neovim | (User sees result)
593 +-------------------+
596 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
597 5.2 Completion *ale-completion*
599 In Neovim 0.8+ ALE's integration with its native LSP client will make it
600 possible to use other plugins that rely on Neovim's LSP client as a basis.
601 `nvim-cmp` is recommended as a completion plugin worth trying in Neovim.
602 See: https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp
604 ALE offers support for automatic completion of code while you type.
605 Completion is only supported while at least one LSP linter is enabled. ALE
606 will only suggest symbols provided by the LSP servers.
608 *ale-deoplete-integration*
610 ALE integrates with Deoplete for offering automatic completion data. ALE's
611 completion source for Deoplete is named `'ale'`, and should enabled
612 automatically if Deoplete is enabled and configured correctly. Deoplete
613 integration should not be combined with ALE's own implementation.
615 *ale-asyncomplete-integration*
617 ALE additionally integrates with asyncomplete.vim for offering automatic
618 completion data. ALE's asyncomplete source requires registration with
619 defaults provided by the |asyncomplete#sources#ale#get_source_options| function >
621 " Use ALE's function for asyncomplete defaults
622 " Provide your own overrides here.
623 au User asyncomplete_setup call asyncomplete#register_source(
624 \ asyncomplete#sources#ale#get_source_options({
629 ALE also offers its own completion implementation, which does not require any
630 other plugins. Suggestions will be made while you type after completion is
631 enabled. ALE's own completion implementation can be enabled by setting
632 |g:ale_completion_enabled| to `true` or `1`. This setting must be set to
633 `true` or `1` before ALE is loaded. The delay for completion can be configured
634 with |g:ale_completion_delay|. This setting should not be enabled if you wish
635 to use ALE as a completion source for other plugins.
637 ALE automatic completion will not work when 'paste' is active. Only set
638 'paste' when you are copy and pasting text into your buffers.
640 ALE automatic completion will interfere with default insert completion with
641 `CTRL-N` and so on (|compl-vim|). You can write your own keybinds and a
642 function in your |vimrc| file to force insert completion instead, like so: >
644 function! SmartInsertCompletion() abort
645 " Use the default CTRL-N in completion menus
650 " Exit and re-enter insert mode, and use insert completion
651 return "\<C-c>a\<C-n>"
654 inoremap <silent> <C-n> <C-R>=SmartInsertCompletion()<CR>
656 ALE provides an 'omnifunc' function |ale#completion#OmniFunc| for triggering
657 completion manually with CTRL-X CTRL-O. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| >
659 " Use ALE's function for omnicompletion.
660 set omnifunc=ale#completion#OmniFunc
662 *ale-completion-fallback*
664 You can write your own completion function and fallback on other methods of
665 completion by checking if there are no results that ALE can determine. For
666 example, for Python code, you could fall back on the `python3complete`
669 function! TestCompletionFunc(findstart, base) abort
670 let l:result = ale#completion#OmniFunc(a:findstart, a:base)
672 " Check if ALE couldn't find anything.
673 if (a:findstart && l:result is -3)
674 \|| (!a:findstart && empty(l:result))
675 " Defer to another omnifunc if ALE couldn't find anything.
676 return python3complete#Complete(a:findstart, a:base)
682 set omnifunc=TestCompletionFunc
684 See |complete-functions| for documentation on how to write completion
687 ALE will only suggest so many possible matches for completion. The maximum
688 number of items can be controlled with |g:ale_completion_max_suggestions|.
690 If you don't like some of the suggestions you see, you can filter them out
691 with |g:ale_completion_excluded_words| or |b:ale_completion_excluded_words|.
693 The `:ALEComplete` command can be used to show completion suggestions manually,
694 even when |g:ale_completion_enabled| is set to `0`. For manually requesting
695 completion information with Deoplete, consult Deoplete's documentation.
697 ALE supports automatic imports from external modules. This behavior can be
698 disabled by setting the |g:ale_completion_autoimport| variable to `0`.
699 Disabling automatic imports can drop some or all completion items from
700 some LSP servers (e.g. eclipselsp).
702 You can manually request imports for symbols at the cursor with the
703 `:ALEImport` command. The word at the cursor must be an exact match for some
704 potential completion result which includes additional text to insert into the
705 current buffer, which ALE will assume is code for an import line. This command
706 can be useful when your code already contains something you need to import.
708 You can execute other commands whenever ALE inserts some completion text with
709 the |ALECompletePost| event.
711 When working with TypeScript files, ALE can remove warnings from your
712 completions by setting the |g:ale_completion_tsserver_remove_warnings|
715 *ale-completion-completeopt-bug*
717 ALE Automatic completion implementation replaces |completeopt| before opening
718 the omnicomplete menu with <C-x><C-o>. In some versions of Vim, the value set
719 for the option will not be respected. If you experience issues with Vim
720 automatically inserting text while you type, set the following option in
721 vimrc, and your issues should go away. >
723 set completeopt=menu,menuone,preview,noselect,noinsert
725 Or alternatively, if you want to show documentation in popups: >
727 set completeopt=menu,menuone,popup,noselect,noinsert
731 ALE provides a set of basic completion symbols. If you want to replace those
732 symbols with others, you can set the variable |g:ale_completion_symbols| with
733 a mapping of the type of completion to the symbol or other string that you
734 would like to use. An example here shows the available options for symbols >
736 let g:ale_completion_symbols = {
740 \ 'constructor': '',
750 \ 'keyword': 'keyword',
754 \ 'reference': 'ref',
756 \ 'enum member': '',
761 \ 'type_parameter': 'type param',
766 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
767 5.3 Go To Definition *ale-go-to-definition*
769 ALE supports jumping to the files and locations where symbols are defined
770 through any enabled LSP linters. The locations ALE will jump to depend on the
771 information returned by LSP servers. The `:ALEGoToDefinition` command will jump
772 to the definition of symbols under the cursor. See the documentation for the
773 command for configuring how the location will be displayed.
775 ALE will update Vim's |tagstack| automatically unless |g:ale_update_tagstack| is
779 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
780 5.4 Go To Type Definition *ale-go-to-type-definition*
782 ALE supports jumping to the files and locations where symbols' types are
783 defined through any enabled LSP linters. The locations ALE will jump to depend
784 on the information returned by LSP servers. The `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition`
785 command will jump to the definition of symbols under the cursor. See the
786 documentation for the command for configuring how the location will be
790 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
791 5.5 Go To Implementation *ale-go-to-implementation*
793 ALE supports jumping to the files and locations where symbols are implemented
794 through any enabled LSP linters. The locations ALE will jump to depend on the
795 information returned by LSP servers. The `:ALEGoToImplementation` command will
796 jump to the implementation of symbols under the cursor. See the documentation
797 for the command for configuring how the location will be displayed.
800 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
801 5.6 Find References *ale-find-references*
803 ALE supports finding references for symbols though any enabled LSP linters
804 with the `:ALEFindReferences` command. See the documentation for the command
805 for a full list of options.
808 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
809 5.7 Hovering *ale-hover*
811 ALE supports "hover" information for printing brief information about symbols
812 at the cursor taken from LSP linters. The following commands are supported:
814 `:ALEHover` - Print information about the symbol at the cursor.
816 Truncated information will be displayed when the cursor rests on a symbol by
817 default, as long as there are no problems on the same line. You can disable
818 this behavior by setting |g:ale_hover_cursor| to `0`.
820 If |g:ale_set_balloons| is set to `true` or `1` and your version of Vim
821 supports the |balloon_show()| function, then "hover" information also show up
822 when you move the mouse over a symbol in a buffer. Diagnostic information will
823 take priority over hover information for balloons. If a line contains a
824 problem, that problem will be displayed in a balloon instead of hover
827 Hover information can be displayed in the preview window instead by setting
828 |g:ale_hover_to_preview| to `true` or `1`.
830 When using Neovim or Vim with |popupwin|, if |g:ale_hover_to_floating_preview|
831 or |g:ale_floating_preview| is set to `true` or `1`, the hover information
832 will show in a floating window. The borders of the floating preview window can
833 be customized by setting |g:ale_floating_window_border|.
835 For Vim 8.1+ terminals, mouse hovering is disabled by default. Enabling
836 |balloonexpr| commands in terminals can cause scrolling issues in terminals,
837 so ALE will not attempt to show balloons unless |g:ale_set_balloons| is set to
838 `true` or `1` before ALE is loaded.
840 For enabling mouse support in terminals, you may have to change your mouse
841 settings. For example: >
843 " Example mouse settings.
844 " You will need to try different settings, depending on your terminal.
849 Documentation for symbols at the cursor can be retrieved using the
850 `:ALEDocumentation` command. This command is only available for `tsserver`.
853 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
854 5.8 Symbol Search *ale-symbol-search*
856 ALE supports searching for workspace symbols via LSP linters with the
857 `:ALESymbolSearch` command. See the documentation for the command
858 for a full list of options.
861 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
862 5.9 Refactoring: Rename, Actions *ale-refactor*
864 ALE supports renaming symbols in code such as variables or class names with
865 the `:ALERename` command.
867 `:ALEFileRename` will rename file and fix import paths (tsserver only).
869 `:ALECodeAction` will execute actions on the cursor or applied to a visual
870 range selection, such as automatically fixing errors.
872 Actions will appear in the right click mouse menu by default for GUI versions
873 of Vim, unless disabled by setting |g:ale_popup_menu_enabled| to `0`.
875 Make sure to set your Vim to move the cursor position whenever you right
876 click, and enable the mouse menu: >
879 set mousemodel=popup_setpos
881 You may wish to remove some other menu items you don't want to see: >
883 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ Word
884 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ Sentence
885 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ Paragraph
886 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ Line
887 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ Block
888 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ Blockwise
889 silent! aunmenu PopUp.Select\ All
892 ===============================================================================
893 6. Global Options *ale-options*
895 Options documented here can be configured either Vim variables, or via the
896 |ale.setup| and |ale.setup.buffer| functions in Lua. When configuring via
897 the Lua functions in Lua scripts, ALE will bridge types to Vim script in the
900 1. Strings, numbers, booleans, and `nil` will be represented exactly.
901 2. Tables with no or only number keys will become a |List| in Vim.
902 3. Keys other than strings and numbers in tables cannot be represented.
903 4. Tables with special |metatable| properties cannot be represented.
904 5. Options accepting functions as values will automatically have Vim functions
905 created that bridge the function calls to and from Lua code.
907 *g:airline#extensions#ale#enabled*
908 g:airline#extensions#ale#enabled
912 Enables or disables the |airline|'s native extension for ale, which displays
913 warnings and errors in the status line, prefixed by
914 |airline#extensions#ale#error_symbol| and
915 |airline#extensions#ale#warning_symbol|.
917 *ale-options.cache_executable_check_failures*
918 *g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures*
919 cache_executable_check_failures
920 g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures
921 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
924 When set to `true` or `1`, ALE will cache failing executable checks for
925 linters. By default, only executable checks which succeed will be cached.
927 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, Vim will have to be restarted
928 after new executables are installed for ALE to be able to run linters for
931 *ale-options.change_sign_column_color*
932 *g:ale_change_sign_column_color*
933 change_sign_column_color
934 g:ale_change_sign_column_color
935 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
938 When set to `true` or `1`, this option will set different highlights for the
939 sign column itself when ALE reports problems with a file. This option can be
940 combined with |g:ale_sign_column_always|.
942 ALE uses the following highlight groups for highlighting the sign column:
944 `:ALESignColumnWithErrors` - Links to `Error` by default.
945 `:ALESignColumnWithoutErrors` - Uses the value for `SignColumn` by default.
947 The sign column color can only be changed globally in Vim. The sign column
948 might produce unexpected results if editing different files in split
951 *ale-options.close_preview_on_insert*
952 *g:ale_close_preview_on_insert*
953 close_preview_on_insert
954 g:ale_close_preview_on_insert
955 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
958 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, ALE's |preview-window| will be
959 automatically closed upon entering Insert Mode. This option can be used in
960 combination with |g:ale_cursor_detail| for automatically displaying the
961 preview window on problem lines, and automatically closing it again when
964 This setting must be set to `true` or `1` before ALE is loaded for this
965 behavior to be enabled. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
967 *ale-options.command_wrapper*
968 *g:ale_command_wrapper*
969 *b:ale_command_wrapper*
971 g:ale_command_wrapper
975 An option for wrapping all commands that ALE runs, for linters, fixers,
976 and LSP commands. This option can be set globally, or for specific buffers.
978 This option can be used to apply nice to all commands. For example: >
980 " Prefix all commands with nice.
981 let g:ale_command_wrapper = 'nice -n5'
983 Use the `:ALEInfo` command to view the commands that are run. All of the
984 arguments for commands will be put on the end of the wrapped command by
985 default. A `%*` marker can be used to spread the arguments in the wrapped
988 " Has the same effect as the above.
989 let g:ale_command_wrapper = 'nice -n5 %*'
991 For passing all of the arguments for a command as one argument to a wrapper,
992 `%@` can be used instead. >
994 " Will result in say: /bin/bash -c 'other-wrapper -c "some command" -x'
995 let g:ale_command_wrapper = 'other-wrapper -c %@ -x'
997 For commands including `&&` or `;`, only the last command in the list will
998 be passed to the wrapper. `&&` is most commonly used in ALE to change the
999 working directory before running a command.
1001 *ale-options.completion_delay*
1002 *g:ale_completion_delay*
1004 g:ale_completion_delay
1008 The number of milliseconds before ALE will send a request to a language
1009 server for completions after you have finished typing.
1011 See |ale-completion|
1013 *ale-options.completion_enabled*
1014 *g:ale_completion_enabled*
1015 *b:ale_completion_enabled*
1017 g:ale_completion_enabled
1018 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
1021 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, completion support will be enabled.
1023 This setting must be set to `true` or `1` before ALE is loaded for this behavior
1026 This setting should not be enabled if you wish to use ALE as a completion
1027 source for other completion plugins.
1029 ALE automatic completion will not work when 'paste' is active. Only set
1030 'paste' when you are copy and pasting text into your buffers.
1032 A buffer-local version of this setting `b:ale_completion_enabled` can be set
1033 to `0` to disable ALE's automatic completion support for a single buffer.
1034 ALE's completion support must be enabled globally to be enabled locally.
1036 See |ale-completion|
1038 *ale-options.completion_tsserver_remove_warnings*
1039 *g:ale_completion_tsserver_remove_warnings*
1040 completion_tsserver_remove_warnings
1041 g:ale_completion_tsserver_remove_warnings
1042 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
1045 When this option is set to `false` or `0`, ALE will return all completion
1046 items from its built in completion engine, including those that are a
1047 warning. Warnings can be excluded from completed items by setting it to
1050 *ale-options.completion_autoimport*
1051 *g:ale_completion_autoimport*
1052 completion_autoimport
1053 g:ale_completion_autoimport
1054 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
1057 When this option is set to `1`, ALE will try to automatically import
1058 completion results from external modules. It can be disabled by setting it
1059 to `0`. Some LSP servers include auto imports on every completion item so
1060 disabling automatic imports may drop some or all completion items returned
1061 by it (e.g. eclipselsp).
1063 *ale-options.completion_excluded_words*
1064 *g:ale_completion_excluded_words*
1065 *b:ale_completion_excluded_words*
1066 completion_excluded_words
1067 g:ale_completion_excluded_words
1071 This option can be set to a list of |String| values for "words" to exclude
1072 from completion results, as in the words for |complete-items|. The strings
1073 will be matched exactly in a case-sensitive manner. (|==#|)
1075 This setting can be configured in ftplugin files with buffer variables, so
1076 that different lists can be used for different filetypes. For example: >
1078 " In ~/.vim/ftplugin/typescript.vim
1080 " Don't suggest `it` or `describe` so we can use snippets for those words.
1081 let b:ale_completion_excluded_words = ['it', 'describe']
1083 *ale-options.completion_symbols*
1084 *g:ale_completion_symbols*
1086 g:ale_completion_symbols
1088 Default: See `autoload/ale/completion.vim`
1090 A mapping from completion types to symbols for completions. See
1091 |ale-symbols| for more information.
1093 By default, this mapping only uses built in Vim completion kinds, but it can
1094 be updated to use any Unicode character for the completion kind. For
1096 let g:ale_completion_symbols = {
1100 \ 'constructor': '',
1116 \ 'enum_member': 'm',
1121 \ 'type_parameter': 'p',
1125 *ale-options.completion_max_suggestions*
1126 *g:ale_completion_max_suggestions*
1127 completion_max_suggestions
1128 g:ale_completion_max_suggestions
1132 The maximum number of items ALE will suggest in completion menus for
1133 automatic completion.
1135 Setting this number higher will require more processing time, and may
1136 suggest too much noise. Setting this number lower will require less
1137 processing time, but some suggestions will not be included, so you might not
1138 be able to see the suggestions you want.
1140 Adjust this option as needed, depending on the complexity of your codebase
1141 and your available processing power.
1143 *ale-options.cursor_detail*
1144 *g:ale_cursor_detail*
1150 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, ALE's |preview-window| will be
1151 automatically opened when the cursor moves onto lines with problems. ALE
1152 will search for problems using the same logic that |g:ale_echo_cursor| uses.
1153 The preview window will be closed automatically when you move away from the
1156 Messages are only displayed after a short delay. See |g:ale_echo_delay|.
1158 The preview window is opened without stealing focus, which means your cursor
1159 will stay in the same buffer as it currently is.
1161 The preview window can be closed automatically upon entering Insert mode
1162 by setting |g:ale_close_preview_on_insert| to `true` or `1`.
1164 Either this setting or |g:ale_echo_cursor| must be set to `true` or `1`
1165 before ALE is loaded for messages to be displayed.
1166 See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1168 *ale-options.default_navigation*
1169 *g:ale_default_navigation*
1170 *b:ale_default_navigation*
1172 g:ale_default_navigation
1176 The default method for navigating away from the current buffer to another
1177 buffer, such as for `:ALEFindReferences` or `:ALEGoToDefinition`.
1179 *ale-options.detail_to_floating_preview*
1180 *g:ale_detail_to_floating_preview*
1181 *b:ale_detail_to_floating_preview*
1182 detail_to_floating_preview
1183 g:ale_detail_to_floating_preview
1187 When this option is set to `1`, Neovim or Vim with |popupwin| will use a
1188 floating window for ALEDetail output.
1190 *ale-options.disable_lsp*
1195 Type: |Boolean| OR |Number| OR |String|
1198 When this option is set to `'auto'`, ALE will automatically disable linters
1199 that it detects as having already been configured with the `nvim-lspconfig`
1200 plugin. When this option is set to `true` or `1`, ALE ignores all linters
1201 powered by LSP, and also `tsserver`.
1203 Any linters that are disabled will also not be usable for LSP functionality
1204 other than just linting.
1206 Please see also |ale-lsp|.
1208 *ale-options.echo_cursor*
1215 When this option is set to `1`, a truncated message will be echoed when a
1216 cursor is near a warning or error. ALE will attempt to find the warning or
1217 error at a column nearest to the cursor when the cursor is resting on a line
1218 which contains a warning or error. This option can be set to `0` to disable
1221 Messages are only displayed after a short delay. See |g:ale_echo_delay|.
1223 The format of the message can be customized with |g:ale_echo_msg_format|.
1225 Either this setting or |g:ale_cursor_detail| must be set to `true` or `1`
1226 before ALE is loaded for messages to be displayed. See
1227 |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1229 *ale-options.echo_delay*
1237 Given any integer, this option controls the number of milliseconds before
1238 ALE will echo or preview a message for a problem near the cursor.
1240 The value can be increased to decrease the amount of processing ALE will do
1241 for files displaying a large number of problems.
1243 *ale-options.echo_msg_error_str*
1244 *g:ale_echo_msg_error_str*
1246 g:ale_echo_msg_error_str
1250 The string used for `%severity%` for errors. See |g:ale_echo_msg_format|
1252 *ale-options.echo_msg_format*
1253 *g:ale_echo_msg_format*
1254 *b:ale_echo_msg_format*
1256 g:ale_echo_msg_format
1258 Default: `'%code: %%s'`
1260 This variable defines a message format for echoed messages. The following
1261 sequences of characters will be replaced.
1263 `%s` - replaced with the text for the problem
1264 `%...code...% `- replaced with the error code
1265 `%linter%` - replaced with the name of the linter
1266 `%severity%` - replaced with the severity of the problem (e.g. `Error`)
1267 `%type%` - replaced with the type of the problem (e.g. `E`)
1269 The strings for `%severity%` can be configured with the following options.
1271 |g:ale_echo_msg_error_str| - Defaults to `'Error'`
1272 |g:ale_echo_msg_info_str| - Defaults to `'Info'`
1273 |g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str| - Defaults to `'Warning'`
1275 `%code%` is replaced with the error code, and replaced with an empty string
1276 when there is no error code. Any extra characters between the percent signs
1277 will be printed when an error code is present. For example, a message like
1278 `(error code): message` will be printed for `'%(code): %%s'` and simply the
1279 message will be printed when there is no code.
1281 |g:ale_echo_cursor| needs to be set to 1 for messages to be displayed.
1283 The echo message format can also be configured separately for each buffer,
1284 so different formats can be used for different languages. (Say in ftplugin
1287 *ale-options.echo_msg_info_str*
1288 *g:ale_echo_msg_info_str*
1290 g:ale_echo_msg_info_str
1294 The string used for `%severity%` for info. See |g:ale_echo_msg_format|
1296 *ale-options.echo_msg_log_str*
1297 *g:ale_echo_msg_log_str*
1299 g:ale_echo_msg_log_str
1303 The string used for `%severity%` for log, used only for handling LSP show
1304 message requests. See |g:ale_lsp_show_message_format|
1306 *ale-options.echo_msg_warning_str*
1307 *g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str*
1308 echo_msg_warning_str
1309 g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str
1311 Default: `'Warning'`
1313 The string used for `%severity%` for warnings. See |g:ale_echo_msg_format|
1315 *ale-options.enabled*
1323 When set to `0`, this option will completely disable ALE, such that no
1324 error checking will be performed, etc. ALE can be toggled on and off with
1325 the `:ALEToggle` command, which changes this option.
1327 ALE can be disabled in each buffer by setting `let b:ale_enabled = 0`
1328 Disabling ALE based on filename patterns can be accomplished by setting
1329 a regular expression for |g:ale_pattern_options|. For example: >
1331 " Disable linting for all minified JS files.
1332 let g:ale_pattern_options = {'\.min.js$': {'ale_enabled': 0}}
1334 See |g:ale_pattern_options| for more information on that option.
1336 *ale-options.exclude_highlights*
1337 *g:ale_exclude_highlights*
1338 *b:ale_exclude_highlights*
1340 g:ale_exclude_highlights
1344 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
1346 A list of regular expressions for matching against highlight messages to
1347 remove. For example: >
1349 " Do not highlight messages matching strings like these.
1350 let b:ale_exclude_highlights = ['line too long', 'foo.*bar']
1352 See also: |g:ale_set_highlights|
1354 *ale-options.fixers*
1362 A mapping from filetypes to |List| values for functions for fixing errors.
1363 See |ale-fix| for more information.
1365 This variable can be overridden with variables in each buffer.
1366 `b:ale_fixers` can be set to a |List| of callbacks instead, which can be
1369 A special `'*'` key be used as a wildcard filetype for configuring fixers
1370 for every other type of file. For example: >
1372 " Fix Python files with 'bar'.
1373 " Don't fix 'html' files.
1374 " Fix everything else with 'foo'.
1375 let g:ale_fixers = {'python': ['bar'], 'html': [], '*': ['foo']}
1377 *ale-options.fix_on_save*
1385 When set to 1, ALE will fix files when they are saved.
1387 If |g:ale_lint_on_save| is set to 1, files will be checked with linters
1388 after files are fixed, only when the buffer is open, or re-opened. Changes
1389 to the file will be saved to the file on disk.
1391 Files will not be fixed on `:wq`, so you should check your code before
1394 Fixing files can be disabled or enabled for individual buffers by setting
1395 `b:ale_fix_on_save` to `0` or `1`.
1397 Some fixers can be excluded from being run automatically when you save files
1398 with the |g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore| setting.
1400 *ale-options.fix_on_save_ignore*
1401 *g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore*
1402 *b:ale_fix_on_save_ignore*
1404 g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore
1405 Type: |Dictionary| or |List|
1408 Given a |Dictionary| mapping filetypes to |Lists| of fixers to ignore, or
1409 just a |List| of fixers to ignore, exclude those fixers from being run
1410 automatically when files are saved.
1412 You can disable some fixers in your ftplugin file: >
1414 " Disable fixers 'b' and 'c' when fixing on safe for this buffer.
1415 let b:ale_fix_on_save_ignore = ['b', 'c']
1416 " Alternatively, define ignore lists for different filetypes.
1417 let b:ale_fix_on_save_ignore = {'foo': ['b'], 'bar': ['c']}
1419 You can disable some fixers globally per filetype like so: >
1421 let g:ale_fixers = {'foo': ['a', 'b'], 'bar': ['c', 'd']}
1422 let g:ale_fix_on_save = 1
1423 " For filetype `foo.bar`, only fixers 'b' and 'd' will be run on save.
1424 let g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore = {'foo': ['a'], 'bar': ['c']}
1425 " Alternatively, disable these fixers on save for all filetypes.
1426 let g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore = ['a', 'c']
1428 You can ignore fixers based on matching |Funcref| values too: >
1430 let g:AddBar = {buffer, lines -> lines + ['bar']}
1431 let g:ale_fixers = {'foo': g:AddBar}
1432 " The lambda fixer will be ignored, as it will be found in the ignore list.
1433 let g:ale_fix_on_save_ignore = [g:AddBar]
1435 *ale-options.floating_preview*
1436 *g:ale_floating_preview*
1438 g:ale_floating_preview
1442 When set to `1`, Neovim or Vim with |popupwin| will use a floating window
1443 for ale's preview window.
1444 This is equivalent to setting |g:ale_hover_to_floating_preview| and
1445 |g:ale_detail_to_floating_preview| to `1`.
1447 *ale-options.floating_preview_popup_opts*
1448 *g:ale_floating_preview_popup_opts*
1449 floating_preview_popup_opts
1450 g:ale_floating_preview_popup_opts
1451 Type: |String| or |Dictionary|
1454 Either a dictionary of options or the string name of a function that returns
1455 a dictionary of options. This will be used as an argument to |popup_create|
1456 for Vim users or |nvim_open_win| for NeoVim users. In either case, the
1457 resulting dictionary is merged with ALE defaults rather than explicitly
1458 overriding them. This only takes effect if |g:ale_floating_preview| is
1461 NOTE: for Vim users see |popup_create-arguments|, for NeoVim users see
1462 |nvim_open_win| for argument details
1464 For example, to enhance popups with a title: >
1466 function! CustomOpts() abort
1467 let [l:info, l:loc] = ale#util#FindItemAtCursor(bufnr(''))
1468 return {'title': ' ALE: ' . (l:loc.linter_name) . ' '}
1471 let g:ale_floating_preview_popup_opts = 'g:CustomOpts'
1473 *ale-options.floating_window_border*
1474 *g:ale_floating_window_border*
1475 floating_window_border
1476 g:ale_floating_window_border
1478 Default: `['|', '-', '+', '+', '+', '+', '|', '-']`
1480 When set to `[]`, window borders are disabled. The elements in the list set
1481 the characters for the left side, top, top-left corner, top-right
1482 corner, bottom-right corner, bottom-left corner, right side, and bottom of
1483 the floating window, respectively.
1485 If the terminal supports Unicode, you might try setting the value to
1486 ` ['│', '─', '╭', '╮', '╯', '╰', '│', '─']`, to make it look nicer.
1488 NOTE: For compatibility with previous versions, if the list does not have
1489 elements for the right side and bottom, the left side and top will be used
1492 *ale-options.history_enabled*
1493 *g:ale_history_enabled*
1495 g:ale_history_enabled
1499 When set to `1`, ALE will remember the last few commands which were run
1500 for every buffer which is open. This information can be viewed with the
1501 `:ALEInfo` command. The size of the buffer can be controlled with the
1502 |g:ale_max_buffer_history_size| option.
1504 This option can be disabled if storing a command history is not desired.
1506 *ale-options.history_log_output*
1507 *g:ale_history_log_output*
1509 g:ale_history_log_output
1513 When set to `1`, ALE will store the output of commands which have completed
1514 successfully in the command history, and the output will be displayed when
1517 |g:ale_history_enabled| must be set to `1` for this output to be stored or
1520 Some memory will be consumed by this option. It is very useful for figuring
1521 out what went wrong with linters, and for bug reports. Turn this option off
1522 if you want to save on some memory usage.
1524 *ale-options.hover_cursor*
1525 *g:ale_hover_cursor*
1531 If set to `1`, ALE will show truncated information in the echo line about
1532 the symbol at the cursor automatically when the |CursorHold| event is fired.
1533 The delay before requesting hover information is based on 'updatetime', as
1534 with all |CursorHold| events.
1536 If there's a problem on the line where the cursor is resting, ALE will not
1537 show any hover information.
1539 See |ale-hover| for more information on hover information.
1541 This setting must be set to `1` before ALE is loaded for this behavior
1542 to be enabled. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1544 *ale-options.hover_to_preview*
1545 *g:ale_hover_to_preview*
1546 *b:ale_hover_to_preview*
1548 g:ale_hover_to_preview
1552 If set to `1`, hover messages will be displayed in the preview window,
1553 instead of in balloons or the message line.
1555 *ale-options.hover_to_floating_preview*
1556 *g:ale_hover_to_floating_preview*
1557 *b:ale_hover_to_floating_preview*
1558 hover_to_floating_preview
1559 g:ale_hover_to_floating_preview
1563 If set to `1`, Neovim or Vim with |popupwin| will use floating windows for
1566 *ale-options.info_default_mode*
1567 *g:ale_info_default_mode*
1568 *b:ale_info_default_mode*
1570 g:ale_info_default_mode
1572 Default: `'preview'`
1574 Changes the default mode used for `:ALEInfo`. See documentation for `:ALEInfo`
1575 for more information.
1577 *ale-options.keep_list_window_open*
1578 *g:ale_keep_list_window_open*
1579 *b:ale_keep_list_window_open*
1580 keep_list_window_open
1581 g:ale_keep_list_window_open
1585 When set to `1`, this option will keep the loclist or quickfix windows event
1586 after all warnings/errors have been removed for files. By default the
1587 loclist or quickfix windows will be closed automatically when there are no
1590 See |g:ale_open_list|
1592 *ale-options.list_window_size*
1593 *g:ale_list_window_size*
1594 *b:ale_list_window_size*
1596 g:ale_list_window_size
1600 This number configures the number of lines to set for the height of windows
1601 opened automatically for ALE problems. The default of `10` matches the Vim
1604 See |g:ale_open_list| for information on automatically opening windows
1605 for quickfix or the loclist.
1607 *ale-options.lint_delay*
1615 This variable controls the milliseconds delay after which the linters will
1616 be run after text is changed. This option is only meaningful with the
1617 |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed| variable set to `always`, `insert`, or `normal`.
1619 A buffer-local option, `b:ale_lint_delay`, can be set to change the delay
1620 for different buffers, such as in |ftplugin| files.
1622 *ale-options.lint_on_enter*
1623 *g:ale_lint_on_enter*
1629 When this option is set to `1`, the |BufWinEnter| event will be used to
1630 apply linters when buffers are first opened. If this is not desired, this
1631 variable can be set to `0` in your vimrc file to disable this behavior.
1633 The |FileChangedShellPost| and |BufEnter| events will be used to check if
1634 files have been changed outside of Vim. If a file is changed outside of
1635 Vim, it will be checked when it is next opened.
1637 You should set this setting once before ALE is loaded, and restart Vim if
1638 you want to change your preferences. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1640 *ale-options.lint_on_filetype_changed*
1641 *g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed*
1642 lint_on_filetype_changed
1643 g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed
1647 This option will cause ALE to run when the filetype for a file is changed
1648 after a buffer has first been loaded. A short delay will be used before
1649 linting will be done, so the filetype can be changed quickly several times
1650 in a row, but resulting in only one lint cycle.
1652 You should set this setting once before ALE is loaded, and restart Vim if
1653 you want to change your preferences. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1655 *ale-options.lint_on_save*
1656 *g:ale_lint_on_save*
1662 This option will make ALE run the linters whenever a file is saved when it
1663 it set to `1` in your vimrc file. This option can be used in combination
1664 with the |g:ale_lint_on_enter| and |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed| options to
1665 make ALE only check files after that have been saved, if that is what is
1668 *ale-options.lint_on_text_changed*
1669 *g:ale_lint_on_text_changed*
1670 lint_on_text_changed
1671 g:ale_lint_on_text_changed
1672 Type: |Boolean| or |Number| or |String|
1675 This option controls how ALE will check your files as you make changes.
1676 The following values can be used.
1678 `'always'`, `'1'`, `true`, or `1` - Check buffers on |TextChanged| or |TextChangedI|.
1679 `'normal'` - Check buffers only on |TextChanged|.
1680 `'insert'` - Check buffers only on |TextChangedI|.
1681 `'never'`, `'0'`, `false`, or `0` - Never check buffers on changes.
1683 ALE will check buffers after a short delay, with a timer which resets on
1684 each change. The delay can be configured by adjusting the |g:ale_lint_delay|
1686 *ale-linting-interrupts-mapping*
1688 Due to a bug in Vim, ALE can interrupt mappings with pending key presses,
1689 per |timeoutlen|. If this happens, follow the advice for enabling
1690 |g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave| below, and set this option to `'normal'`, or
1691 disable it entirely.
1693 You should set this setting once before ALE is loaded, and restart Vim if
1694 you want to change your preferences. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1696 *ale-options.lint_on_insert_leave*
1697 *g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave*
1698 *b:ale_lint_on_insert_leave*
1699 lint_on_insert_leave
1700 g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave
1701 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
1704 When set to `1` in your vimrc file, this option will cause ALE to run
1705 linters when you leave insert mode.
1707 ALE will not lint files when you escape insert mode with |CTRL-C| by
1708 default. You can make ALE lint files with this option when you use |CTRL-C|
1709 with the following mapping. >
1711 " Make using Ctrl+C do the same as Escape, to trigger autocmd commands
1712 inoremap <C-c> <Esc>
1714 A buffer-local version of this setting `b:ale_lint_on_insert_leave` can be
1715 set to `0` to disable linting when leaving insert mode. The setting must
1716 be enabled globally to be enabled locally.
1718 You should set this setting once before ALE is loaded, and restart Vim if
1719 you want to change your preferences. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
1721 *ale-options.linter_aliases*
1722 *g:ale_linter_aliases*
1723 *b:ale_linter_aliases*
1725 g:ale_linter_aliases
1726 Type: |Dictionary| or |List| or |String|
1729 The |g:ale_linter_aliases| option can be used to set aliases from one
1730 filetype to another. A given filetype can be mapped to use the linters
1731 run for another given filetype.
1733 This |Dictionary| will be merged with a default dictionary containing the
1737 \ 'Dockerfile': 'dockerfile',
1739 \ 'javascriptreact': ['javascript', 'jsx'],
1740 \ 'plaintex': 'tex',
1741 \ 'ps1': 'powershell',
1744 \ 'systemverilog': 'verilog',
1745 \ 'typescriptreact': ['typescript', 'tsx'],
1746 \ 'vader': ['vim', 'vader'],
1747 \ 'verilog_systemverilog': ['verilog_systemverilog', 'verilog'],
1748 \ 'vimwiki': 'markdown',
1749 \ 'vue': ['vue', 'javascript'],
1750 \ 'xsd': ['xsd', 'xml'],
1751 \ 'xslt': ['xslt', 'xml'],
1755 For example, if you wish to map a new filetype `'foobar'` to run the `'php'`
1756 linters, you could set the following: >
1758 let g:ale_linter_aliases = {'foobar': 'php'}
1762 require("ale").setup({linter_aliases = {foobar = "php"}})
1764 When combined with the |g:ale_linters| option, the original filetype
1765 (`'foobar'`) will be used for determining which linters to run,
1766 not the aliased type (`'php'`). This allows an aliased type to run a
1767 different set of linters from the type it is being mapped to.
1769 Passing a list of filetypes is also supported. Say you want to lint
1770 javascript and css embedded in HTML (using linters that support that).
1771 You could alias `html` like so: >
1773 `let g:ale_linter_aliases = {'html': ['html', 'javascript', 'css']}`
1777 require("ale").setup({linter_aliases = {html = {"html", "javascript", "css"}})
1779 Note that `html` itself was included as an alias. That is because aliases
1780 will override the original linters for the aliased filetype.
1782 Linter aliases can be configured in each buffer with buffer-local variables.
1783 ALE will first look for aliases for filetypes in the `b:ale_linter_aliases`
1784 variable, then `g:ale_linter_aliases`, and then a default Dictionary.
1786 `b:ale_linter_aliases` can be set to a |List| or a |String|, to tell ALE to
1787 load the linters for specific filetypes for a given buffer. >
1789 let b:ale_linter_aliases = ['html', 'javascript', 'css']
1790 " OR, Alias a filetype to only a single filetype with a String.
1791 let b:ale_linter_aliases = 'javascript'
1795 require("ale").setup.buffer({linter_aliases = {"html", "javascript", "css"}})
1796 -- OR, Alias a filetype to only a single filetype with a String.
1797 require("ale").setup.buffer({linter_aliases = "javascript"})
1799 No linters will be loaded when the buffer's filetype is empty.
1801 *ale-options.filename_mappings*
1802 *g:ale_filename_mappings*
1803 *b:ale_filename_mappings*
1805 g:ale_filename_mappings
1806 Type: |Dictionary| or |List|
1809 Either a |Dictionary| mapping a linter or fixer name, as displayed in
1810 `:ALEInfo`, to a |List| of two-item |List|s for filename mappings, or just a
1811 |List| of two-item |List|s. When given some paths to files, the value of
1812 this setting will be used to convert filenames on a local file system to
1813 filenames on some remote file system, such as paths in a Docker image,
1814 virtual machine, or network drive.
1818 let g:ale_filename_mappings = {
1820 \ ['/home/john/proj', '/data'],
1826 require("ale").setup({
1827 filename_mappings = {
1829 {"/home/john/proj", "/data"},
1834 With the above configuration, a filename such as `/home/john/proj/foo.py`
1835 will be provided to the linter/fixer as `/data/foo.py`, and paths parsed
1836 from linter results such as `/data/foo.py` will be converted back to
1837 `/home/john/proj/foo.py`.
1839 You can use `*` as to apply a |List| of filename mappings to all other
1840 linters or fixers not otherwise matched. >
1842 " Use one List of paths for pylint.
1843 " Use another List of paths for everything else.
1844 let g:ale_filename_mappings = {
1846 \ ['/home/john/proj', '/data'],
1849 \ ['/home/john/proj', '/other-data'],
1853 If you just want every single linter or fixer to use the same filename
1854 mapping, you can just use a |List|. >
1856 " Same as above, but for ALL linters and fixers.
1857 let g:ale_filename_mappings = [
1858 \ ['/home/john/proj', '/data'],
1863 require("ale").setup({
1864 filename_mappings = {
1865 {"/home/john/proj", "/data"},
1869 You can provide many such filename paths for multiple projects. Paths are
1870 matched by checking if the start of a file path matches the given strings,
1871 in a case-sensitive manner. Earlier entries in the |List| will be tried
1872 before later entries when mapping to a given file system.
1874 Buffer-local options can be set to the same values to override the global
1875 options, such as in |ftplugin| files.
1877 NOTE: Only fixers registered with a short name can support filename mapping
1878 by their fixer names. See |ale-fix|. Filename mappings set for all tools by
1879 using only a |List| for the setting will also be applied to fixers not in
1882 NOTE: In order for this filename mapping to work correctly, linters and
1883 fixers must exclusively determine paths to files to lint or fix via ALE
1884 command formatting as per |ale-command-format-strings|, and paths parsed
1885 from linter files must be provided in `filename` keys if a linter returns
1886 results for more than one file at a time, as per |ale-loclist-format|. If
1887 you discover a linter or fixer which does not behave properly, please report
1890 If you are running a linter or fixer through Docker or another remote file
1891 system, you may have to mount your temporary directory, which you can
1892 discover with the following command: >
1894 :echo fnamemodify(tempname(), ':h:h')
1896 You should provide a mapping from this temporary directory to whatever you
1897 mount this directory to in Docker, or whatever remote file system you are
1900 You can inspect the filename mappings ALE will use with the
1901 |ale#GetFilenameMappings()| function.
1903 *ale-options.linters*
1908 Type: |Dictionary| or |List|
1911 The |g:ale_linters| option sets a |Dictionary| mapping a filetype to a
1912 |List| of linter programs to be run when checking particular filetypes.
1914 This |Dictionary| will be merged with a default dictionary containing the
1918 \ 'apkbuild': ['apkbuild_lint', 'secfixes_check'],
1920 \ 'elixir': ['credo', 'dialyxir', 'dogma'],
1921 \ 'go': ['gofmt', 'golangci-lint', 'gopls', 'govet'],
1922 \ 'groovy': ['npm-groovy-lint'],
1926 \ 'json': ['jsonlint', 'spectral'],
1927 \ 'json': ['jsonlint', 'spectral', 'vscodejson'],
1930 \ 'perl': ['perlcritic'],
1932 \ 'python': ['flake8', 'mypy', 'pylint', 'pyright', 'ruff'],
1933 \ 'rust': ['analyzer', 'cargo'],
1936 \ 'vader': ['vimls'],
1937 \ 'vue': ['eslint', 'vls'],
1940 \ 'yaml': ['actionlint', 'spectral', 'yaml-language-server', 'yamllint'],
1943 This option can be used to enable only a particular set of linters for a
1944 file. For example, you can enable only `eslint` for JavaScript files: >
1946 let g:ale_linters = {'javascript': ['eslint']}
1950 require("ale").setup({linters = {javascript = {"eslint"}}})
1952 If you want to disable all linters for a particular filetype, you can pass
1953 an empty list of linters as the value: >
1955 let g:ale_linters = {'javascript': []}
1959 require("ale").setup({linters = {javascript = {}}})
1961 All linters will be run for unspecified filetypes. All available linters can
1962 be enabled explicitly for a given filetype by passing the string `'all'`,
1963 instead of a List. >
1965 let g:ale_linters = {'c': 'all'}
1969 require("ale").setup({linters = {c = "all"}})
1971 Linters can be configured in each buffer with buffer-local variables. ALE
1972 will first look for linters for filetypes in the `b:ale_linters` variable,
1973 then `g:ale_linters`, and then the default Dictionary mentioned above.
1975 `b:ale_linters` can be set to a List, or the string `'all'`. When linters
1976 for two different filetypes share the same name, the first linter loaded
1977 will be used. Any ambiguity can be resolved by using a Dictionary specifying
1978 which linter to run for which filetype instead. >
1980 " Use ESLint for the buffer if the filetype includes 'javascript'.
1981 let b:ale_linters = {'javascript': ['eslint'], 'html': ['tidy']}
1982 " Use a List for the same setting. This will work in most cases.
1983 let b:ale_linters = ['eslint', 'tidy']
1984 " Disable all linters for the buffer.
1985 let b:ale_linters = []
1986 " Explicitly enable all available linters for the filetype.
1987 let b:ale_linters = 'all'
1991 require("ale").setup.buffer({
1992 linters = {javascript = {"eslint"}, html = {"tidy"}},
1994 require("ale").setup.buffer({linters = {"eslint", "tidy"}})
1995 require("ale").setup.buffer({linters = {}})
1996 require("ale").setup.buffer({linters = "all"})
1998 ALE can be configured to disable all linters unless otherwise specified with
1999 `g:ale_enabled` or `b:ale_enabled` with the option |g:ale_linters_explicit|.
2001 *ale-options.linters_explicit*
2002 *g:ale_linters_explicit*
2004 g:ale_linters_explicit
2005 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2008 When set to `true` or `1`, only the linters from |g:ale_linters| and
2009 |b:ale_linters| will be enabled. The default behavior for ALE is to enable
2010 as many linters as possible, unless otherwise specified.
2012 *ale-options.linters_ignore*
2013 *g:ale_linters_ignore*
2014 *b:ale_linters_ignore*
2016 g:ale_linters_ignore
2017 Type: |Dictionary| or |List|
2020 Linters to ignore. Commands for ignored linters will not be run, and
2021 diagnostics for LSP linters will be ignored. (See |ale-lsp|)
2023 This setting can be set to a |Dictionary| mapping filetypes to linter names,
2024 just like |g:ale_linters|, to list linters to ignore. Ignore lists will be
2025 applied after everything else. >
2027 " Select flake8 and pylint, and ignore pylint, so only flake8 is run.
2028 let g:ale_linters = {'python': ['flake8', 'pylint']}
2029 let g:ale_linters_ignore = {'python': ['pylint']}
2033 require("ale").setup({
2034 linters = {"python": {"flake8", "pylint"}},
2035 linters_ignore = {"python": {"pylint"}},
2038 This setting can be set to simply a |List| of linter names, which is
2039 especially more convenient when using the setting in ftplugin files for
2040 particular buffers. >
2042 " The same as above, in a ftplugin/python.vim.
2043 let b:ale_linters = ['flake8', 'pylint']
2044 let b:ale_linters_ignore = ['pylint']
2048 require("ale").setup.buffer({
2049 linters = {"flake8", "pylint"},
2050 linters_ignore = {"pylint"},
2053 *ale-options.list_vertical*
2054 *g:ale_list_vertical*
2055 *b:ale_list_vertical*
2058 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2061 When set to `true` or `1`, this will cause ALE to open any windows (loclist
2062 or quickfix) vertically instead of horizontally (|vert| |lopen|) or (|vert|
2065 *ale-options.loclist_msg_format*
2066 *g:ale_loclist_msg_format*
2067 *b:ale_loclist_msg_format*
2069 g:ale_loclist_msg_format
2071 Default: `g:ale_echo_msg_format` (`echo_msg_format`)
2073 This option is the same as |g:ale_echo_msg_format|, but for formatting the
2074 message used for the loclist and the quickfix list.
2076 The strings for configuring `%severity%` are also used for this option.
2078 *ale-options.lsp_show_message_format*
2079 *g:ale_lsp_show_message_format*
2080 lsp_show_message_format
2081 g:ale_lsp_show_message_format
2083 Default: `'%severity%:%linter%: %s'`
2085 This variable defines the format that messages received from an LSP will
2086 have when echoed. The following sequences of characters will be replaced.
2088 `%s` - replaced with the message text
2089 `%linter%` - replaced with the name of the linter
2090 `%severity%` - replaced with the severity of the message
2092 The strings for `%severity%` levels "error", "info" and "warning" are shared
2093 with |g:ale_echo_msg_format|. Severity "log" is unique to
2094 |g:ale_lsp_show_message_format| and it can be configured via
2096 |g:ale_echo_msg_log_str| - Defaults to `'Log'`
2098 Please note that |g:ale_lsp_show_message_format| *can not* be configured
2099 separately for each buffer like |g:ale_echo_msg_format| can.
2101 *ale-options.lsp_show_message_severity*
2102 *g:ale_lsp_show_message_severity*
2103 lsp_show_message_severity
2104 g:ale_lsp_show_message_severity
2108 This variable defines the minimum severity level an LSP message needs to be
2109 displayed. Messages below this level are discarded; please note that
2110 messages with `Log` severity level are always discarded.
2112 Possible values follow the LSP spec `MessageType` definition:
2114 `'error'` - Displays only errors.
2115 `'warning'` - Displays errors and warnings.
2116 `'information'` - Displays errors, warnings and infos
2117 `'log'` - Same as `'information'`
2118 `'disabled'` - Doesn't display any information at all.
2120 *ale-options.lsp_suggestions*
2121 *g:ale_lsp_suggestions*
2123 g:ale_lsp_suggestions
2124 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2127 If set to `true` or ``1`, show suggestions from LSP servers or tsserver, in
2128 addition to warnings and errors.
2130 *ale-options.max_buffer_history_size*
2131 *g:ale_max_buffer_history_size*
2132 max_buffer_history_size
2133 g:ale_max_buffer_history_size
2137 This setting controls the maximum number of commands which will be stored in
2138 the command history used for `:ALEInfo`. Command history will be rotated in
2139 a FIFO manner. If set to a number <= 0, then the history will be
2140 continuously set to an empty |List|.
2142 History can be disabled completely with |g:ale_history_enabled|.
2144 *ale-options.max_signs*
2152 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2154 When set to any positive integer, ALE will not render any more than the
2155 given number of signs for any one buffer.
2157 When set to `0`, no signs will be set, but sign processing will still be
2158 done, so existing signs can be removed.
2160 When set to any other value, no limit will be imposed on the number of signs
2163 For disabling sign processing, see |g:ale_set_signs|.
2165 *ale-options.maximum_file_size*
2166 *g:ale_maximum_file_size*
2167 *b:ale_maximum_file_size*
2169 g:ale_maximum_file_size
2173 A maximum file size in bytes for ALE to check. If set to any positive
2174 number, ALE will skip checking files larger than the given size.
2176 *ale-options.open_list*
2181 Type: |Boolean| |Number| or |String|
2184 When set to `true` or `1`, this will cause ALE to automatically open a
2185 window for the loclist (|lopen|) or for the quickfix list instead if
2186 |g:ale_set_quickfix| is `true` or `1`. (|copen|)
2188 When set to any higher numerical value, ALE will only open the window when
2189 the number of warnings or errors are at least that many.
2191 When set to `'on_save'`, ALE will only open the loclist after buffers have
2192 been saved. The list will be opened some time after buffers are saved and
2193 any linter for a buffer returns results.
2195 The window will be kept open until all warnings or errors are cleared,
2196 including those not set by ALE, unless |g:ale_keep_list_window_open| is set
2197 to `true` or `1`, in which case the window will be kept open when no
2200 The window size can be configured with |g:ale_list_window_size|.
2202 Windows can be opened vertically with |g:ale_list_vertical|.
2204 If you want to close the loclist window automatically when the buffer is
2205 closed, you can set up the following |autocmd| command: >
2207 augroup CloseLoclistWindowGroup
2209 autocmd QuitPre * if empty(&buftype) | lclose | endif
2212 *g:ale_pattern_options*
2213 g:ale_pattern_options
2217 NOTE: This option is not available through |ale.setup| in Lua as the options
2218 named here would require separate translation to the equivalent Vim options.
2219 You should instead use conditions in ftplugin files to configure options
2220 based on filename patterns.
2222 This option maps regular expression patterns to |Dictionary| values for
2223 buffer variables. This option can be set to automatically configure
2224 different settings for different files. For example: >
2226 " Use just ESLint for linting and fixing files which end in '.foo.js'
2227 let g:ale_pattern_options = {
2229 \ 'ale_linters': ['eslint'],
2230 \ 'ale_fixers': ['eslint'],
2234 See |b:ale_linters| and |b:ale_fixers| for information for those options.
2236 Filenames are matched with |match()|, and patterns depend on the |magic|
2237 setting, unless prefixed with the special escape sequences like `'\v'`, etc.
2238 The patterns can match any part of a filename. The absolute path of the
2239 filename will be used for matching, taken from `expand('%:p')`.
2241 The options for every match for the filename will be applied, with the
2242 pattern keys sorted in alphabetical order. Options for `'zebra'` will
2243 override the options for `'alpha'` for a filename `alpha-zebra`.
2245 *ale-options.pattern_options_enabled*
2246 *g:ale_pattern_options_enabled*
2247 pattern_options_enabled
2248 g:ale_pattern_options_enabled
2249 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2252 This option can be used for disabling pattern options. If set to `0`, ALE
2253 will not set buffer variables per |g:ale_pattern_options|.
2255 *ale-options.popup_menu_enabled*
2256 *g:ale_popup_menu_enabled*
2258 g:ale_popup_menu_enabled
2259 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2260 Default: `has('gui_running')`
2262 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, ALE will show code actions and
2263 rename capabilities in the right click mouse menu when there's a LSP server
2264 or tsserver available. See |ale-refactor|.
2266 This feature is only supported in GUI versions of Vim.
2268 This setting must be set to `true` or `1` before ALE is loaded for this
2269 behavior to be enabled. See |ale-lint-settings-on-startup|.
2271 *ale-options.rename_tsserver_find_in_comments*
2272 *g:ale_rename_tsserver_find_in_comments*
2273 rename_tsserver_find_in_comments
2274 g:ale_rename_tsserver_find_in_comments
2275 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2278 If set to `true` or `1`, this option will tell tsserver to find and replace
2279 text in comments when calling `:ALERename`.
2281 *ale-options.rename_tsserver_find_in_strings*
2282 *g:ale_rename_tsserver_find_in_strings*
2283 rename_tsserver_find_in_strings
2284 g:ale_rename_tsserver_find_in_strings
2285 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2288 If set to `true` or `1`, this option will tell tsserver to find and replace
2289 text in strings when calling `:ALERename`.
2296 Type: |Dictionary| or |String|
2299 This option is used to determine the project root for a linter. If the value
2300 is a |Dictionary|, it maps a linter to either a |String| containing the
2301 project root or a |Funcref| to call to look up the root. The |Funcref| is
2302 provided the buffer number as its argument.
2304 The buffer-specific variable may additionally be a string containing the
2305 project root itself.
2307 If neither variable yields a result, a linter-specific function is invoked to
2308 detect a project root. If this, too, yields no result, and the linter is an
2309 LSP linter, it will not run.
2311 *ale-options.save_hidden*
2315 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2318 When set to `true` or `1`, save buffers when 'hidden' is set when applying
2319 code actions or rename operations, such as through `:ALERename` or
2320 `:ALEOrganizeImports`.
2322 *ale-options.set_balloons*
2323 *g:ale_set_balloons*
2324 *b:ale_set_balloons*
2327 Type: |Boolean| or |Number| or |String|
2328 Default: `has('balloon_eval') && has('gui_running')`
2330 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, balloon messages will be displayed
2331 for problems or hover information if available.
2333 Problems nearest to the line the mouse cursor is over will be displayed. If
2334 there are no problems to show, and one of the linters is an LSP linter
2335 supporting "Hover" information, per |ale-hover|, then brief information
2336 about the symbol under the cursor will be displayed in a balloon.
2338 This option can be set to `'hover'` to only enable balloons for hover
2339 message, so diagnostics are never shown in balloons. You may wish to
2340 configure use this setting only in GUI Vim like so: >
2342 let g:ale_set_balloons = has('gui_running') ? 'hover' : 0
2344 Balloons can be enabled for terminal versions of Vim that support balloons,
2345 but some versions of Vim will produce strange mouse behavior when balloons
2346 are enabled. To configure balloons for your terminal, you should first
2347 configure your |ttymouse| setting, and then consider setting
2348 `g:ale_set_balloons` to `1` before ALE is loaded.
2350 `b:ale_set_balloons` can be set to `0` to disable balloons for a buffer.
2351 Balloons cannot be enabled for a specific buffer when not initially enabled
2354 Balloons will not be shown when |g:ale_enabled| or |b:ale_enabled| is not
2357 *ale-options.set_balloons_legacy_echo*
2358 *g:ale_set_balloons_legacy_echo*
2359 *b:ale_set_balloons_legacy_echo*
2360 set_balloons_legacy_echo
2361 g:ale_set_balloons_legacy_echo
2362 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2365 If set to `true` or `1`, moving your mouse over documents in Vim will make
2366 ALE ask `tsserver` or `LSP` servers for information about the symbol where
2367 the mouse cursor is, and print that information into Vim's echo line. This
2368 is an option for supporting older versions of Vim which do not properly
2369 support balloons in an asynchronous manner.
2371 If your version of Vim supports the |balloon_show| function, then this
2372 option does nothing meaningful.
2374 *ale-options.set_highlights*
2375 *g:ale_set_highlights*
2377 g:ale_set_highlights
2378 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2379 Default: `has('syntax')`
2381 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2383 ALE's highlight groups will not be used when setting highlights through
2384 Neovim's diagnostics API. See |diagnostic-highlights| for how to configure
2385 Neovim diagnostic highlighting.
2387 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, highlights will be presented.
2389 ALE will use the following highlight groups for problems:
2391 ALEError items with `'type': 'E'` |hl-ALEError|
2392 ALEWarning items with `'type': 'W'` |hl-ALEWarning|
2393 ALEInfo items with `'type': 'I'` |hl-ALEInfo|
2394 ALEStyleError items with `'type': 'E'` and
2395 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEStyleError|
2396 ALEStyleWarning items with `'type': 'W'` and
2397 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEStyleWarning|
2399 When |g:ale_set_signs| is not set to `true` or `1`, the following highlights
2400 for entire lines will be set.
2402 ALEErrorLine all items with `'type': 'E'` |hl-ALEErrorLine|
2403 ALEWarningLine all items with `'type': 'W'` |hl-ALEWarningLine|
2404 ALEInfoLine all items with `'type': 'I'` |hl-ALEInfoLine|
2406 Vim can only highlight the characters up to the last column in a buffer for
2407 match highlights, whereas the line highlights when signs are enabled will
2408 run to the edge of the screen.
2410 Highlights can be excluded with the |g:ale_exclude_highlights| option.
2412 *ale-options.set_loclist*
2416 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2419 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, the |location-list| will be
2420 populated with any warnings and errors which are found by ALE. This feature
2421 can be used to implement jumping between errors through typical use of
2422 `:lnext` and `:lprev`.
2424 *ale-options.set_quickfix*
2425 *g:ale_set_quickfix*
2428 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2431 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, the |quickfix| list will be
2432 populated with any problems which are found by ALE, instead of the
2433 |location-list|. The loclist will never be populated when this option is
2436 Problems from every buffer ALE has checked will be included in the quickfix
2437 list, which can be checked with `:copen`. Problems will be de-duplicated.
2439 This feature should not be used in combination with tools for searching for
2440 matches and commands like `:cfdo`, as ALE will replace the quickfix list
2441 pretty frequently. If you wish to use such tools, you should populate the
2442 loclist or use `:ALEPopulateQuickfix` instead.
2444 *ale-options.set_signs*
2448 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2449 Default: `has('signs')`
2451 When this option is set to `true` or `1`, the |sign| column will be
2452 populated with signs marking where problems appear in the file.
2454 When |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `1`, the only other setting that
2455 will be respected for signs is |g:ale_sign_priority|. ALE's highlight groups
2456 will and other sign settings will not apply when setting signs through
2457 Neovim's diagnostics API. See |diagnostic-signs| for how to configure signs
2460 ALE will use the following highlight groups for problems:
2462 ALEErrorSign items with `'type': 'E'` |hl-ALEErrorSign|
2463 ALEWarningSign items with `'type': 'W'` |hl-ALEWarningSign|
2464 ALEInfoSign items with `'type': 'I'` |hl-ALEInfoSign|
2465 ALEStyleErrorSign items with `'type': 'E'` and
2466 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEStyleErrorSign|
2467 ALEStyleWarningSign items with `'type': 'W'` and
2468 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEStyleWarningSign|
2470 In addition to the style of the signs, the style of lines where signs appear
2471 can be configured with the following highlights:
2473 ALEErrorLine all items with `'type': 'E'` |hl-ALEErrorLine|
2474 ALEWarningLine all items with `'type': 'W'` |hl-ALEWarningLine|
2475 ALEInfoLine all items with `'type': 'I'` |hl-ALEInfoLine|
2477 With Neovim 0.3.2 or higher, ALE can use the `numhl` option to highlight the
2478 'number' column. It uses the following highlight groups.
2480 ALEErrorSignLineNr items with `'type': 'E'` |hl-ALEErrorSignLineNr|
2481 ALEWarningSignLineNr items with `'type': 'W'` |hl-ALEWarningSignLineNr|
2482 ALEInfoSignLineNr items with `'type': 'I'` |hl-ALEInfoSignLineNr|
2483 ALEStyleErrorSignLineNr items with `'type': 'E'` and
2484 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEStyleErrorSignLineNr|
2485 ALEStyleWarningSignLineNr items with `'type': 'W'` and
2486 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEStyleWarningSignLineNr|
2488 To enable line number highlighting |g:ale_sign_highlight_linenrs| must be
2489 set to `true` or `1` before ALE is loaded.
2491 The markers for the highlights can be customized with the following options:
2494 |g:ale_sign_warning|
2496 |g:ale_sign_style_error|
2497 |g:ale_sign_style_warning|
2499 When multiple problems exist on the same line, the signs will take
2500 precedence in the order above, from highest to lowest.
2502 To limit the number of signs ALE will set, see |g:ale_max_signs|.
2504 *ale-options.sign_priority*
2505 *g:ale_sign_priority*
2511 From Neovim 0.4.0 and Vim 8.1, ALE can set sign priority to all signs. The
2512 larger this value is, the higher priority ALE signs have over other plugin
2513 signs. See |sign-priority| for further details on how priority works.
2523 Override the shell used by ALE for executing commands. ALE uses 'shell' by
2524 default, but falls back in `/bin/sh` if the default shell looks like `fish`
2525 or `pwsh`, which are not compatible with all of the commands run by ALE. The
2526 shell specified with this option will be used even if it might not work in
2529 For Windows, ALE uses `cmd` when this option isn't set. Setting this option
2530 will apply shell escaping to the command string, even on Windows.
2532 NOTE: Consider setting |g:ale_shell_arguments| if this option is defined.
2534 *ale-options.shell_arguments*
2535 *g:ale_shell_arguments*
2536 *b:ale_shell_arguments*
2538 g:ale_shell_arguments
2542 This option specifies the arguments to use for executing a command with a
2543 custom shell, per |g:ale_shell|. If this option is not set, 'shellcmdflag'
2544 will be used instead.
2546 *ale-options.sign_column_always*
2547 *g:ale_sign_column_always*
2549 g:ale_sign_column_always
2550 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2553 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2555 By default, the sign gutter will disappear when all warnings and errors have
2556 been fixed for a file. When this option is set to `1`, the sign column will
2557 remain open. This can be preferable if you don't want the text in your file
2558 to move around as you edit a file.
2560 *ale-options.sign_error*
2567 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2569 The sign for errors in the sign gutter.
2571 *ale-options.sign_info*
2578 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2580 The sign for "info" markers in the sign gutter.
2582 *ale-options.sign_style_error*
2583 *g:ale_sign_style_error*
2585 g:ale_sign_style_error
2587 Default: `g:ale_sign_error`
2589 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2591 The sign for style errors in the sign gutter.
2593 *ale-options.sign_style_warning*
2594 *g:ale_sign_style_warning*
2596 g:ale_sign_style_warning
2598 Default: `g:ale_sign_warning`
2600 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2602 The sign for style warnings in the sign gutter.
2604 *ale-options.sign_offset*
2611 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2613 This variable controls offset from which numeric IDs will be generated for
2614 new signs. Signs cannot share the same ID values, so when two Vim plugins
2615 set signs at the same time, the IDs have to be configured such that they do
2616 not conflict with one another. If the IDs used by ALE are found to conflict
2617 with some other plugin, this offset value can be changed, and hopefully both
2618 plugins will work together. See |sign-place| for more information on how
2621 *ale-options.sign_warning*
2622 *g:ale_sign_warning*
2628 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2630 The sign for warnings in the sign gutter.
2632 *ale-options.sign_highlight_linenrs*
2633 *g:ale_sign_highlight_linenrs*
2634 sign_highlight_linenrs
2635 g:ale_sign_highlight_linenrs
2636 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2639 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2641 When set to `true` or `1`, this option enables highlighting problems on the
2642 'number' column in Vim versions that support `numhl` highlights. This option
2643 must be configured before ALE is loaded.
2645 *ale-options.update_tagstack*
2646 *g:ale_update_tagstack*
2647 *b:ale_update_tagstack*
2649 g:ale_update_tagstack
2650 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2653 When set to `true` or `1`, ALE will update Vims |tagstack| automatically
2654 when jumping to a location through ALE's commands, so users can jump back to
2655 where they came from.
2656 *ale-options.type_map*
2664 This option can be set re-map problem types for linters. Each key in the
2665 |Dictionary| should be the name of a linter, and each value must be a
2666 |Dictionary| mapping problem types from one type to another. The following
2667 types are supported:
2669 `'E'` - `{'type': 'E'}`
2670 `'ES'` - `{'type': 'E', 'sub_type': 'style'}`
2671 `'W'` - `{'type': 'W'}`
2672 `'WS'` - `{'type': 'W', 'sub_type': 'style'}`
2673 `'I'` - `{'type': 'I'}`
2675 For example, if you want to turn flake8 errors into warnings, you can write
2678 let g:ale_type_map = {'flake8': {'ES': 'WS', 'E': 'W'}}
2682 require("ale").setup(type_map = {flake8 = {ES = "WS", E = "W"}})
2684 If you wanted to turn style errors and warnings into regular errors and
2685 warnings, you can write the following: >
2687 let g:ale_type_map = {'flake8': {'ES': 'E', 'WS': 'W'}}
2691 require("ale").setup(type_map = {flake8 = {ES = "E", WS = "W"}})
2693 Type maps can be set per-buffer with `b:ale_type_map`, or in Lua with
2696 *ale-options.use_global_executables*
2697 *g:ale_use_global_executables*
2698 use_global_executables
2699 g:ale_use_global_executables
2703 This option can be set to change the default for all `_use_global` options.
2704 This option must be set before ALE is loaded, preferably in a vimrc file.
2706 See |ale-integrations-local-executables| for more information on those
2709 *ale-options.use_neovim_diagnostics_api*
2710 *g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api*
2711 use_neovim_diagnostics_api
2712 g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api
2713 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2714 Default: `has('nvim-0.7')`
2716 If set to `true` or `1`, disable ALE's standard UI, and instead send all
2717 linter output to Neovim's diagnostics API. This allows you to collect
2718 problems using ALE and other plugins together all in one place. Many
2719 options for configuring how problems appear on the screen will not apply
2720 when the API is enabled.
2722 This option requires Neovim 0.7+, as that version introduces the diagnostics
2725 *ale-options.use_neovim_lsp_api*
2726 *g:ale_use_neovim_lsp_api*
2728 g:ale_use_neovim_lsp_api
2729 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2730 Default: `has('nvim-0.8')`
2732 If set to `true` or `1`, ALE will use Neovim's native LSP client API for LSP
2733 functionality. This makes it possible to use Neovim's built in LSP commands
2734 and keybinds, and improves integration with other Neovim plugins that
2735 integrate with Neovim's LSP client.
2737 See |ale-lsp-neovim| for more information about ALE's integration with
2738 Neovim's LSP client.
2740 This option requires Neovim 0.8+.
2742 *ale-options.virtualtext_cursor*
2743 *g:ale_virtualtext_cursor*
2745 g:ale_virtualtext_cursor
2746 Type: |Number| or |String|
2747 Default: `'all'` (if supported, otherwise `'disabled'`)
2749 This option controls how ALE will display problems using |virtual-text|.
2750 The following values can be used.
2752 `'all'`, `'2'`, or `2` - Show problems for all lines.
2753 `'current'`, `'1'`, or `1` - Show problems for the current line.
2754 `'disabled'`, `'0'`, or `0` - Do not show problems with virtual-text.
2756 When |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `1`, `'current'` will behave the
2759 Messages are only displayed after a short delay. See |g:ale_virtualtext_delay|.
2761 Messages can be prefixed with a string if not using Neovim's diagnostics
2762 API. See |g:ale_virtualtext_prefix|.
2764 If and only if not displaying problems via Neovim's diagnostics API,
2765 highlights for configuring ALE's virtualtext messages can be configured with
2766 custom highlight groups:
2768 ALEVirtualTextError items with `'type': 'E'` |hl-ALEVirtualTextError|
2769 ALEVirtualTextWarning items with `'type': 'W'` |hl-ALEVirtualTextWarning|
2770 ALEVirtualTextInfo items with `'type': 'I'` |hl-ALEVirtualTextInfo|
2771 ALEVirtualTextStyleError items with `'type': 'E'` and
2772 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEVirtualTextStyleError|
2773 ALEVirtualTextStyleWarning items with `'type': 'W'` and
2774 `'sub_type': 'style'` |hl-ALEVirtualTextStyleWarning|
2776 *ale-options.virtualtext_delay*
2777 *g:ale_virtualtext_delay*
2778 *b:ale_virtualtext_delay*
2780 g:ale_virtualtext_delay
2784 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2786 Given any integer, this option controls the number of milliseconds before
2787 ALE will show a message for a problem near the cursor.
2789 The value can be increased to decrease the amount of processing ALE will do
2790 for files displaying a large number of problems.
2792 *ale-options.virtualtext_prefix*
2793 *g:ale_virtualtext_prefix*
2794 *b:ale_virtualtext_prefix*
2796 g:ale_virtualtext_prefix
2798 Default: `'%comment% %type%: '`
2800 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2802 Prefix to be used with |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|.
2804 This setting can be changed in each buffer with |b:ale_virtualtext_prefix||.
2806 All of the same format markers used for |g:ale_echo_msg_format| can be used
2807 for defining the prefix, including some additional sequences of characters.
2809 `%comment%` - replaced with comment characters in the current language
2811 ALE will read the comment characters from 'commentstring', reading only the
2812 part before `%s`, with whitespace trimmed. If comment syntax cannot be
2813 pulled from 'commentstring', ALE will default to `'#'`.
2815 *ale-options.virtualtext_column*
2816 *g:ale_virtualtext_column*
2817 *b:ale_virtualtext_column*
2818 *ale-options.virtualtext_maxcolumn*
2819 *g:ale_virtualtext_maxcolumn*
2820 *b:ale_virtualtext_maxcolumn*
2822 virtualtext_maxcolumn
2823 g:ale_virtualtext_column
2824 g:ale_virtualtext_maxcolumn
2825 Type: |String| or |Number|
2828 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2830 Virtualtext column range, from `column` to `maxcolumn`. If a line is
2831 `column` or less characters long, the virtualtext message is shifted right
2834 Where the line is greater than `column` characters long, but less than
2835 `maxcolumn`, the virtualtext message is placed at the end of the line.
2837 Where the line is greater than `maxcolumn` the virtualtext message is
2840 A |Number| greater than `0` is used as the fixed column position, however
2841 a |String| ending in `%` represents a percentage of the window width.
2842 When `column` is set to zero, column positioning is disabled, when `maxcolumn`
2843 is set to zero, no maximum line length is enforced.
2845 *ale-options.virtualtext_single*
2846 *g:ale_virtualtext_single*
2847 *b:ale_virtualtext_single*
2849 g:ale_virtualtext_single
2850 Type: |Boolean| or |Number|
2853 This has no effect when |g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api| is `true` or `1`.
2855 Enable or disable concatenation of multiple virtual text messages on a single
2856 line. By default, if a line has multiple errors or warnings, each will be
2859 With `single` set to a non-zero value, only the first problem on a line will
2860 be printed with virtual text. The most severe problem on a line will be
2861 printed. If two problems exist on a line of equal severity, the problem at
2862 the left-most position will be printed.
2864 *ale-options.virtualenv_dir_names*
2865 *g:ale_virtualenv_dir_names*
2866 *b:ale_virtualenv_dir_names*
2867 virtualenv_dir_names
2868 g:ale_virtualenv_dir_names
2870 Default: `['.venv', 'env', 've', 'venv', 'virtualenv', '.env']`
2872 A list of directory names to be used when searching upwards from Python
2873 files to discover virtualenv directories with.
2875 For directory named `'foo'`, ALE will search for `'foo/bin/activate'`
2876 (`foo\Scripts\activate\` on Windows) in all directories on and above the
2877 directory containing the Python file to find virtualenv paths.
2879 *ale-options.warn_about_trailing_blank_lines*
2880 *g:ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines*
2881 *b:ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines*
2882 warn_about_trailing_blank_lines
2883 g:ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines
2887 When this option is set to `1`, warnings about trailing blank lines will be
2890 This option behaves similarly to |g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace|.
2892 *ale-options.warn_about_trailing_whitespace*
2893 *g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace*
2894 *b:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace*
2895 warn_about_trailing_whitespace
2896 g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace
2900 When this option is set to `1`, warnings relating to trailing whitespace on
2901 lines will be shown. If warnings are too irritating while editing buffers,
2902 and you have configured Vim to automatically remove trailing whitespace,
2903 you can disable these warnings by setting this option to `0`.
2905 Not all linters may respect this option. If a linter does not, please file a
2906 bug report, and it may be possible to add such support.
2908 This option may be configured on a per buffer basis.
2910 *ale-options.windows_node_executable_path*
2911 *g:ale_windows_node_executable_path*
2912 *b:ale_windows_node_executable_path*
2913 windows_node_executable_path
2914 g:ale_windows_node_executable_path
2916 Default: `'node.exe'`
2918 This variable is used as the path to the executable to use for executing
2919 scripts with Node.js on Windows.
2921 For Windows, any file with a `.js` file extension needs to be executed with
2922 the node executable explicitly. Otherwise, Windows could try and open the
2923 scripts with other applications, like a text editor. Therefore, these
2924 scripts are executed with whatever executable is configured with this
2928 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2929 6.1. Highlights *ale-highlights*
2931 ALEError *hl-ALEError*
2933 Default: `highlight link ALEError SpellBad`
2935 The highlight for highlighted errors. See |g:ale_set_highlights|.
2938 ALEErrorLine *hl-ALEErrorLine*
2942 The highlight for an entire line where errors appear. Only the first
2943 line for a problem will be highlighted.
2945 See |g:ale_set_signs| and |g:ale_set_highlights|.
2948 ALEErrorSign *hl-ALEErrorSign*
2950 Default: `highlight link ALEErrorSign error`
2952 The highlight for error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
2955 ALEErrorSignLineNr *hl-ALEErrorSignLineNr*
2957 Default: `highlight link ALEErrorSignLineNr CursorLineNr`
2959 The highlight for error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
2961 NOTE: This highlight is only available on Neovim 0.3.2 or higher.
2964 ALEInfo *hl-ALEInfo*
2966 Default: `highlight link ALEInfo ALEWarning`
2968 The highlight for highlighted info messages. See |g:ale_set_highlights|.
2971 ALEInfoSign *hl-ALEInfoSign*
2973 Default: `highlight link ALEInfoSign ALEWarningSign`
2975 The highlight for info message signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
2978 ALEInfoLine *hl-ALEInfoLine*
2982 The highlight for entire lines where info messages appear. Only the first
2983 line for a problem will be highlighted.
2985 See |g:ale_set_signs| and |g:ale_set_highlights|.
2988 ALEInfoSignLineNr *hl-ALEInfoSignLineNr*
2990 Default: `highlight link ALEInfoSignLineNr CursorLineNr`
2992 The highlight for error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
2994 NOTE: This highlight is only available on Neovim 0.3.2 or higher.
2997 ALEStyleError *hl-ALEStyleError*
2999 Default: `highlight link ALEStyleError ALEError`
3001 The highlight for highlighted style errors. See |g:ale_set_highlights|.
3004 ALEStyleErrorSign *hl-ALEStyleErrorSign*
3006 Default: `highlight link ALEStyleErrorSign ALEErrorSign`
3008 The highlight for style error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
3011 ALEStyleErrorSignLineNr *hl-ALEStyleErrorSignLineNr*
3013 Default: `highlight link ALEStyleErrorSignLineNr CursorLineNr`
3015 The highlight for error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
3017 NOTE: This highlight is only available on Neovim 0.3.2 or higher.
3020 ALEStyleWarning *hl-ALEStyleWarning*
3022 Default: `highlight link ALEStyleWarning ALEError`
3024 The highlight for highlighted style warnings. See |g:ale_set_highlights|.
3027 ALEStyleWarningSign *hl-ALEStyleWarningSign*
3029 Default: `highlight link ALEStyleWarningSign ALEWarningSign`
3031 The highlight for style warning signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
3034 ALEStyleWarningSignLineNr *hl-ALEStyleWarningSignLineNr*
3036 Default: `highlight link ALEStyleWarningSignLineNr CursorLineNr`
3038 The highlight for error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
3040 NOTE: This highlight is only available on Neovim 0.3.2 or higher.
3043 ALEVirtualTextError *hl-ALEVirtualTextError*
3045 Default: `highlight link ALEVirtualTextError Comment`
3047 The highlight for virtualtext errors. See |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|.
3050 ALEVirtualTextInfo *hl-ALEVirtualTextInfo*
3052 Default: `highlight link ALEVirtualTextInfo ALEVirtualTextWarning`
3054 The highlight for virtualtext info. See |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|.
3057 ALEVirtualTextStyleError *hl-ALEVirtualTextStyleError*
3059 Default: `highlight link ALEVirtualTextStyleError ALEVirtualTextError`
3061 The highlight for virtualtext style errors. See |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|.
3064 ALEVirtualTextStyleWarning *hl-ALEVirtualTextStyleWarning*
3066 Default: `highlight link ALEVirtualTextStyleWarning ALEVirtualTextWarning`
3068 The highlight for virtualtext style warnings. See |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|.
3071 ALEVirtualTextWarning *hl-ALEVirtualTextWarning*
3073 Default: `highlight link ALEVirtualTextWarning Comment`
3075 The highlight for virtualtext errors. See |g:ale_virtualtext_cursor|.
3078 ALEWarning *hl-ALEWarning*
3080 Default: `highlight link ALEWarning SpellCap`
3082 The highlight for highlighted warnings. See |g:ale_set_highlights|.
3085 ALEWarningLine *hl-ALEWarningLine*
3089 The highlight for entire lines where warnings appear. Only the first line
3090 for a problem will be highlighted.
3092 See |g:ale_set_signs| and |g:ale_set_highlights|.
3095 ALEWarningSign *hl-ALEWarningSign*
3097 Default: `highlight link ALEWarningSign todo`
3099 The highlight for warning signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
3102 ALEWarningSignLineNr *hl-ALEWarningSignLineNr*
3104 Default: `highlight link ALEWarningSignLineNr CursorLineNr`
3106 The highlight for error signs. See |g:ale_set_signs|.
3108 NOTE: This highlight is only available on Neovim 0.3.2 or higher.
3111 ===============================================================================
3112 7. Linter/Fixer Options *ale-integration-options*
3114 Linter and fixer options are documented below and in individual help files.
3116 Every option for programs can be set globally, or individually for each
3117 buffer. For example, |b:ale_python_flake8_executable| will override any
3118 values set for |g:ale_python_flake8_executable|.
3120 *ale-integrations-local-executables*
3122 Some tools will prefer to search for locally-installed executables, unless
3123 configured otherwise. For example, the `eslint` linter will search for
3124 various executable paths in `node_modules`. The `flake8` linter will search
3125 for virtualenv directories.
3127 If you prefer to use global executables for those tools, set the relevant
3128 `_use_global` and `_executable` options for those linters. >
3130 " Use the global executable with a special name for eslint.
3131 let g:ale_javascript_eslint_executable = 'special-eslint'
3132 let g:ale_javascript_eslint_use_global = 1
3134 " Use the global executable with a special name for flake8.
3135 let g:ale_python_flake8_executable = '/foo/bar/flake8'
3136 let g:ale_python_flake8_use_global = 1
3138 |g:ale_use_global_executables| can be set to `true` or `1` in your init or
3139 vimrc file to make ALE use global executables for all linters by default.
3141 The option |g:ale_virtualenv_dir_names| controls the local virtualenv paths
3142 ALE will use to search for Python executables.
3145 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3146 7.1. Options for alex *ale-alex-options*
3148 The options for `alex` are shared between all filetypes, so options can be
3151 *ale-options.alex_executable*
3152 *g:ale_alex_executable*
3153 *b:ale_alex_executable*
3155 g:ale_alex_executable
3159 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3161 *ale-options.alex_use_global*
3162 *g:ale_alex_use_global*
3163 *b:ale_alex_use_global*
3165 g:ale_alex_use_global
3167 Default: `get(g:, 'ale_use_global_executables', 0)`
3169 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3173 7.2. Options for cspell *ale-cspell-options*
3175 The options for `cspell` are shared between all filetypes, so options can be
3176 configured only once.
3178 *ale-options.cspell_executable*
3179 *g:ale_cspell_executable*
3180 *b:ale_cspell_executable*
3182 g:ale_cspell_executable
3186 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3188 *ale-options.cspell_options*
3189 *g:ale_cspell_options*
3190 *b:ale_cspell_options*
3192 g:ale_cspell_options
3196 This variable can be set to pass additional options to `cspell`.
3198 *ale-options.cspell_use_global*
3199 *g:ale_cspell_use_global*
3200 *b:ale_cspell_use_global*
3202 g:ale_cspell_use_global
3204 Default: `get(g: 'ale_use_global_executables', 0)`
3206 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3209 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3210 7.3. Options for dprint *ale-dprint-options*
3212 `dprint` is a fixer for many file types, including: (java|type)script,
3213 json(c?), markdown, and more. See https://dprint.dev/plugins for an up-to-date
3214 list of supported plugins and their configuration options.
3216 *ale-options.dprint_executable*
3217 *g:ale_dprint_executable*
3218 *b:ale_dprint_executable*
3220 g:ale_dprint_executable
3224 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3226 *ale-options.dprint_config*
3227 *g:ale_dprint_config*
3228 *b:ale_dprint_config*
3232 Default: `'dprint.json'`
3234 This variable can be changed to provide a config file to `dprint`. The
3235 default is the nearest `dprint.json` searching upward from the current
3238 See https://dprint.dev/config and https://plugins.dprint.dev
3240 *ale-options.dprint_options*
3241 *g:ale_dprint_options*
3242 *b:ale_dprint_options*
3244 g:ale_dprint_options
3248 This variable can be set to pass additional options to `dprint`.
3250 *ale-options.dprint_use_global*
3251 *g:ale_dprint_use_global*
3252 *b:ale_dprint_use_global*
3254 g:ale_dprint_use_global
3256 Default: `get(g: 'ale_use_global_executables', 0)`
3258 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3261 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3262 7.4. Options for languagetool *ale-languagetool-options*
3264 *ale-options.languagetool_executable*
3265 *g:ale_languagetool_executable*
3266 *b:ale_languagetool_executable*
3267 languagetool_executable
3268 g:ale_languagetool_executable
3270 Default: `'languagetool'`
3272 The executable to run for languagetool.
3274 *ale-options.languagetool_options*
3275 *g:ale_languagetool_options*
3276 *b:ale_languagetool_options*
3277 languagetool_options
3278 g:ale_languagetool_options
3280 Default: `'--autoDetect'`
3282 This variable can be set to pass additional options to languagetool.
3285 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3286 7.5. Options for write-good *ale-write-good-options*
3288 The options for `write-good` are shared between all filetypes, so options can
3291 *ale-options.writegood_executable*
3292 *g:ale_writegood_executable*
3293 *b:ale_writegood_executable*
3294 writegood_executable
3295 g:ale_writegood_executable
3297 Default: `'writegood'`
3299 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3301 *ale-options.writegood_options*
3302 *g:ale_writegood_options*
3303 *b:ale_writegood_options*
3305 g:ale_writegood_options
3309 This variable can be set to pass additional options to writegood.
3311 *ale-options.writegood_use_global*
3312 *g:ale_writegood_use_global*
3313 *b:ale_writegood_use_global*
3314 writegood_use_global
3315 g:ale_writegood_use_global
3317 Default: `get(g:, 'ale_use_global_executables', 0)`
3319 See |ale-integrations-local-executables|
3322 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3323 7.6. Other Linter/Fixer Options *ale-other-integration-options*
3325 ALE supports a very wide variety of tools. Other linter or fixer options are
3326 documented in additional help files.
3328 ada.....................................|ale-ada-options|
3329 cspell................................|ale-ada-cspell|
3330 gcc...................................|ale-ada-gcc|
3331 gnatpp................................|ale-ada-gnatpp|
3332 ada-language-server...................|ale-ada-language-server|
3333 ansible.................................|ale-ansible-options|
3334 ansible-language-server...............|ale-ansible-language-server|
3335 ansible-lint..........................|ale-ansible-ansible-lint|
3336 apkbuild................................|ale-apkbuild-options|
3337 apkbuild-fixer........................|ale-apkbuild-apkbuild-fixer|
3338 apkbuild-lint.........................|ale-apkbuild-apkbuild-lint|
3339 secfixes-check........................|ale-apkbuild-secfixes-check|
3340 asciidoc................................|ale-asciidoc-options|
3341 cspell................................|ale-asciidoc-cspell|
3342 write-good............................|ale-asciidoc-write-good|
3343 textlint..............................|ale-asciidoc-textlint|
3344 asm.....................................|ale-asm-options|
3345 gcc...................................|ale-asm-gcc|
3346 llvm_mc...............................|ale-asm-llvm_mc|
3347 astro...................................|ale-astro-options|
3348 eslint................................|ale-astro-eslint|
3349 prettier..............................|ale-astro-prettier|
3350 avra....................................|ale-avra-options|
3351 avra..................................|ale-avra-avra|
3352 awk.....................................|ale-awk-options|
3353 gawk..................................|ale-awk-gawk|
3354 bats....................................|ale-bats-options|
3355 shellcheck............................|ale-bats-shellcheck|
3356 bazel...................................|ale-bazel-options|
3357 buildifier............................|ale-bazel-buildifier|
3358 bib.....................................|ale-bib-options|
3359 bibclean..............................|ale-bib-bibclean|
3360 bicep...................................|ale-bicep-options|
3361 bicep.................................|ale-bicep-bicep|
3362 az_bicep..............................|ale-bicep-az_bicep|
3363 bitbake.................................|ale-bitbake-options|
3364 oelint-adv............................|ale-bitbake-oelint_adv|
3365 c.......................................|ale-c-options|
3366 astyle................................|ale-c-astyle|
3367 cc....................................|ale-c-cc|
3368 ccls..................................|ale-c-ccls|
3369 clangcheck............................|ale-c-clangcheck|
3370 clangd................................|ale-c-clangd|
3371 clang-format..........................|ale-c-clangformat|
3372 clangtidy.............................|ale-c-clangtidy|
3373 cppcheck..............................|ale-c-cppcheck|
3374 cquery................................|ale-c-cquery|
3375 cspell................................|ale-c-cspell|
3376 flawfinder............................|ale-c-flawfinder|
3377 uncrustify............................|ale-c-uncrustify|
3378 cairo...................................|ale-cairo-options|
3379 scarb.................................|ale-cairo-scarb|
3380 starknet..............................|ale-cairo-starknet|
3381 chef....................................|ale-chef-options|
3382 cookstyle.............................|ale-chef-cookstyle|
3383 foodcritic............................|ale-chef-foodcritic|
3384 clojure.................................|ale-clojure-options|
3385 clj-kondo.............................|ale-clojure-clj-kondo|
3386 cljfmt................................|ale-clojure-cljfmt|
3387 joker.................................|ale-clojure-joker|
3388 cloudformation..........................|ale-cloudformation-options|
3389 cfn-python-lint.......................|ale-cloudformation-cfn-python-lint|
3390 cmake...................................|ale-cmake-options|
3391 cmakelint.............................|ale-cmake-cmakelint|
3392 cmake-lint............................|ale-cmake-cmake-lint|
3393 cmake-format..........................|ale-cmake-cmakeformat|
3394 cpp.....................................|ale-cpp-options|
3395 astyle................................|ale-cpp-astyle|
3396 cc....................................|ale-cpp-cc|
3397 ccls..................................|ale-cpp-ccls|
3398 clangcheck............................|ale-cpp-clangcheck|
3399 clangd................................|ale-cpp-clangd|
3400 clang-format..........................|ale-cpp-clangformat|
3401 clangtidy.............................|ale-cpp-clangtidy|
3402 clazy.................................|ale-cpp-clazy|
3403 cppcheck..............................|ale-cpp-cppcheck|
3404 cpplint...............................|ale-cpp-cpplint|
3405 cquery................................|ale-cpp-cquery|
3406 cspell................................|ale-cpp-cspell|
3407 flawfinder............................|ale-cpp-flawfinder|
3408 uncrustify............................|ale-cpp-uncrustify|
3409 c#......................................|ale-cs-options|
3410 clang-format..........................|ale-cs-clangformat|
3411 csc...................................|ale-cs-csc|
3412 cspell................................|ale-cs-cspell|
3413 dotnet-format.........................|ale-cs-dotnet-format|
3414 mcs...................................|ale-cs-mcs|
3415 mcsc..................................|ale-cs-mcsc|
3416 uncrustify............................|ale-cs-uncrustify|
3417 css.....................................|ale-css-options|
3418 cspell................................|ale-css-cspell|
3419 css-beautify..........................|ale-css-css-beautify|
3420 fecs..................................|ale-css-fecs|
3421 prettier..............................|ale-css-prettier|
3422 stylelint.............................|ale-css-stylelint|
3423 vscodecss.............................|ale-css-vscode|
3424 cuda....................................|ale-cuda-options|
3425 clang-format..........................|ale-cuda-clangformat|
3426 clangd................................|ale-cuda-clangd|
3427 nvcc..................................|ale-cuda-nvcc|
3428 c3......................................|ale-c3-options|
3429 c3lsp.................................|ale-c3-c3lsp|
3430 d.......................................|ale-d-options|
3431 dfmt..................................|ale-d-dfmt|
3432 dls...................................|ale-d-dls|
3433 uncrustify............................|ale-d-uncrustify|
3434 dafny...................................|ale-dafny-options|
3435 dafny.................................|ale-dafny-dafny|
3436 dart....................................|ale-dart-options|
3437 analysis_server.......................|ale-dart-analysis_server|
3438 dart-analyze..........................|ale-dart-analyze|
3439 dart-format...........................|ale-dart-format|
3440 dartfmt...............................|ale-dart-dartfmt|
3441 desktop.................................|ale-desktop-options|
3442 desktop-file-validate.................|ale-desktop-desktop-file-validate|
3443 dhall...................................|ale-dhall-options|
3444 dhall-format..........................|ale-dhall-format|
3445 dhall-freeze..........................|ale-dhall-freeze|
3446 dhall-lint............................|ale-dhall-lint|
3447 dockerfile..............................|ale-dockerfile-options|
3448 dockerfile_lint.......................|ale-dockerfile-dockerfile_lint|
3449 dockerlinter..........................|ale-dockerfile-dockerlinter|
3450 dprint................................|ale-dockerfile-dprint|
3451 hadolint..............................|ale-dockerfile-hadolint|
3452 elixir..................................|ale-elixir-options|
3453 mix...................................|ale-elixir-mix|
3454 mix_format............................|ale-elixir-mix-format|
3455 dialyxir..............................|ale-elixir-dialyxir|
3456 elixir-ls.............................|ale-elixir-elixir-ls|
3457 credo.................................|ale-elixir-credo|
3458 cspell................................|ale-elixir-cspell|
3459 lexical...............................|ale-elixir-lexical|
3460 elm.....................................|ale-elm-options|
3461 elm-format............................|ale-elm-elm-format|
3462 elm-ls................................|ale-elm-elm-ls|
3463 elm-make..............................|ale-elm-elm-make|
3464 erlang..................................|ale-erlang-options|
3465 dialyzer..............................|ale-erlang-dialyzer|
3466 elvis.................................|ale-erlang-elvis|
3467 erlang-mode...........................|ale-erlang-erlang-mode|
3468 erlang_ls.............................|ale-erlang-erlang_ls|
3469 erlc..................................|ale-erlang-erlc|
3470 erlfmt................................|ale-erlang-erlfmt|
3471 syntaxerl.............................|ale-erlang-syntaxerl|
3472 eruby...................................|ale-eruby-options|
3473 erb-formatter.........................|ale-eruby-erbformatter|
3474 erblint...............................|ale-eruby-erblint|
3475 htmlbeautifier........................|ale-eruby-htmlbeautifier|
3476 ruumba................................|ale-eruby-ruumba|
3477 fish....................................|ale-fish-options|
3478 fish_indent...........................|ale-fish-fish_indent|
3479 fortran.................................|ale-fortran-options|
3480 gcc...................................|ale-fortran-gcc|
3481 language_server.......................|ale-fortran-language-server|
3482 fountain................................|ale-fountain-options|
3483 fusionscript............................|ale-fuse-options|
3484 fusion-lint...........................|ale-fuse-fusionlint|
3485 git commit..............................|ale-gitcommit-options|
3486 gitlint...............................|ale-gitcommit-gitlint|
3487 gleam...................................|ale-gleam-options|
3488 gleam_format..........................|ale-gleam-gleam_format|
3489 gleamlsp..............................|ale-gleam-gleamlsp|
3490 glsl....................................|ale-glsl-options|
3491 glslang...............................|ale-glsl-glslang|
3492 glslls................................|ale-glsl-glslls|
3493 go......................................|ale-go-options|
3494 bingo.................................|ale-go-bingo|
3495 cspell................................|ale-go-cspell|
3496 gobuild...............................|ale-go-gobuild|
3497 gofmt.................................|ale-go-gofmt|
3498 gofumpt...............................|ale-go-gofumpt|
3499 golangci-lint.........................|ale-go-golangci-lint|
3500 golangserver..........................|ale-go-golangserver|
3501 golines...............................|ale-go-golines|
3502 gopls.................................|ale-go-gopls|
3503 govet.................................|ale-go-govet|
3504 revive................................|ale-go-revive|
3505 staticcheck...........................|ale-go-staticcheck|
3506 go html template........................|ale-gohtmltmpl-options|
3507 djlint................................|ale-gohtmltmpl-djlint|
3508 graphql.................................|ale-graphql-options|
3509 eslint................................|ale-graphql-eslint|
3510 gqlint................................|ale-graphql-gqlint|
3511 prettier..............................|ale-graphql-prettier|
3512 groovy..................................|ale-groovy-options|
3513 npm-groovy-lint.......................|ale-groovy-npm-groovy-lint|
3514 hack....................................|ale-hack-options|
3515 hack..................................|ale-hack-hack|
3516 hackfmt...............................|ale-hack-hackfmt|
3517 hhast.................................|ale-hack-hhast|
3518 handlebars..............................|ale-handlebars-options|
3519 djlint................................|ale-handlebars-djlint|
3520 prettier..............................|ale-handlebars-prettier|
3521 ember-template-lint...................|ale-handlebars-embertemplatelint|
3522 haskell.................................|ale-haskell-options|
3523 brittany..............................|ale-haskell-brittany|
3524 cspell................................|ale-haskell-cspell|
3525 floskell..............................|ale-haskell-floskell|
3526 ghc...................................|ale-haskell-ghc|
3527 ghc-mod...............................|ale-haskell-ghc-mod|
3528 cabal-ghc.............................|ale-haskell-cabal-ghc|
3529 hdevtools.............................|ale-haskell-hdevtools|
3530 hfmt..................................|ale-haskell-hfmt|
3531 hindent...............................|ale-haskell-hindent|
3532 hlint.................................|ale-haskell-hlint|
3533 hls...................................|ale-haskell-hls|
3534 stack-build...........................|ale-haskell-stack-build|
3535 stack-ghc.............................|ale-haskell-stack-ghc|
3536 stylish-haskell.......................|ale-haskell-stylish-haskell|
3537 hie...................................|ale-haskell-hie|
3538 ormolu................................|ale-haskell-ormolu|
3539 fourmolu..............................|ale-haskell-fourmolu|
3540 hcl.....................................|ale-hcl-options|
3541 packer-fmt............................|ale-hcl-packer-fmt|
3542 terraform-fmt.........................|ale-hcl-terraform-fmt|
3543 help....................................|ale-help-options|
3544 cspell................................|ale-help-cspell|
3545 html....................................|ale-html-options|
3546 angular...............................|ale-html-angular|
3547 cspell................................|ale-html-cspell|
3548 djlint................................|ale-html-djlint|
3549 fecs..................................|ale-html-fecs|
3550 html-beautify.........................|ale-html-beautify|
3551 htmlhint..............................|ale-html-htmlhint|
3552 prettier..............................|ale-html-prettier|
3553 rustywind.............................|ale-html-rustywind|
3554 stylelint.............................|ale-html-stylelint|
3555 tidy..................................|ale-html-tidy|
3556 vscodehtml............................|ale-html-vscode|
3557 write-good............................|ale-html-write-good|
3558 html angular template...................|ale-htmlangular-options|
3559 djlint................................|ale-htmlangular-djlint|
3560 html django template....................|ale-htmldjango-options|
3561 djlint................................|ale-htmldjango-djlint|
3562 http....................................|ale-http-options|
3563 kulala_fmt............................|ale-http-kulala_fmt|
3564 hurl....................................|ale-hurl-options|
3565 hurlfmt...............................|ale-hurl-hurlfmt|
3566 idris...................................|ale-idris-options|
3567 idris.................................|ale-idris-idris|
3568 ink.....................................|ale-ink-options|
3569 ink-language-server...................|ale-ink-language-server|
3570 inko....................................|ale-inko-options|
3571 inko..................................|ale-inko-inko|
3572 ispc....................................|ale-ispc-options|
3573 ispc..................................|ale-ispc-ispc|
3574 java....................................|ale-java-options|
3575 checkstyle............................|ale-java-checkstyle|
3576 clang-format..........................|ale-java-clangformat|
3577 cspell................................|ale-java-cspell|
3578 javac.................................|ale-java-javac|
3579 google-java-format....................|ale-java-google-java-format|
3580 pmd...................................|ale-java-pmd|
3581 javalsp...............................|ale-java-javalsp|
3582 eclipselsp............................|ale-java-eclipselsp|
3583 uncrustify............................|ale-java-uncrustify|
3584 javascript..............................|ale-javascript-options|
3585 biome.................................|ale-javascript-biome|
3586 clang-format..........................|ale-javascript-clangformat|
3587 cspell................................|ale-javascript-cspell|
3588 deno..................................|ale-javascript-deno|
3589 dprint................................|ale-javascript-dprint|
3590 eslint................................|ale-javascript-eslint|
3591 fecs..................................|ale-javascript-fecs|
3592 flow..................................|ale-javascript-flow|
3593 importjs..............................|ale-javascript-importjs|
3594 jscs..................................|ale-javascript-jscs|
3595 jshint................................|ale-javascript-jshint|
3596 prettier..............................|ale-javascript-prettier|
3597 prettier-eslint.......................|ale-javascript-prettier-eslint|
3598 prettier-standard.....................|ale-javascript-prettier-standard|
3599 standard..............................|ale-javascript-standard|
3600 xo....................................|ale-javascript-xo|
3601 jinja...................................|ale-jinja-options|
3602 djlint................................|ale-jinja-djlint|
3603 json....................................|ale-json-options|
3604 biome.................................|ale-json-biome|
3605 clang-format..........................|ale-json-clangformat|
3606 cspell................................|ale-json-cspell|
3607 dprint................................|ale-json-dprint|
3608 eslint................................|ale-json-eslint|
3609 fixjson...............................|ale-json-fixjson|
3610 pytool................................|ale-json-pytool|
3611 jsonlint..............................|ale-json-jsonlint|
3612 jq....................................|ale-json-jq|
3613 prettier..............................|ale-json-prettier|
3614 spectral..............................|ale-json-spectral|
3615 vscodejson............................|ale-json-vscode|
3616 jsonc...................................|ale-jsonc-options|
3617 biome.................................|ale-jsonc-biome|
3618 eslint................................|ale-jsonc-eslint|
3619 jsonnet.................................|ale-jsonnet-options|
3620 jsonnetfmt............................|ale-jsonnet-jsonnetfmt|
3621 jsonnet-lint..........................|ale-jsonnet-jsonnet-lint|
3622 json5...................................|ale-json5-options|
3623 eslint................................|ale-json5-eslint|
3624 julia...................................|ale-julia-options|
3625 languageserver........................|ale-julia-languageserver|
3626 kotlin..................................|ale-kotlin-options|
3627 kotlinc...............................|ale-kotlin-kotlinc|
3628 ktlint................................|ale-kotlin-ktlint|
3629 languageserver........................|ale-kotlin-languageserver|
3630 latex...................................|ale-latex-options|
3631 cspell................................|ale-latex-cspell|
3632 write-good............................|ale-latex-write-good|
3633 textlint..............................|ale-latex-textlint|
3634 less....................................|ale-less-options|
3635 lessc.................................|ale-less-lessc|
3636 prettier..............................|ale-less-prettier|
3637 stylelint.............................|ale-less-stylelint|
3638 llvm....................................|ale-llvm-options|
3639 llc...................................|ale-llvm-llc|
3640 lua.....................................|ale-lua-options|
3641 cspell................................|ale-lua-cspell|
3642 lua-format............................|ale-lua-lua-format|
3643 lua-language-server...................|ale-lua-lua-language-server|
3644 luac..................................|ale-lua-luac|
3645 luacheck..............................|ale-lua-luacheck|
3646 luafmt................................|ale-lua-luafmt|
3647 selene................................|ale-lua-selene|
3648 stylua................................|ale-lua-stylua|
3649 make....................................|ale-make-options|
3650 checkmake.............................|ale-make-checkmake|
3651 markdown................................|ale-markdown-options|
3652 cspell................................|ale-markdown-cspell|
3653 dprint................................|ale-markdown-dprint|
3654 markdownlint..........................|ale-markdown-markdownlint|
3655 marksman..............................|ale-markdown-marksman|
3656 mdl...................................|ale-markdown-mdl|
3657 pandoc................................|ale-markdown-pandoc|
3658 prettier..............................|ale-markdown-prettier|
3659 pymarkdown............................|ale-markdown-pymarkdown|
3660 remark-lint...........................|ale-markdown-remark-lint|
3661 textlint..............................|ale-markdown-textlint|
3662 write-good............................|ale-markdown-write-good|
3663 mercury.................................|ale-mercury-options|
3664 mmc...................................|ale-mercury-mmc|
3665 nasm....................................|ale-nasm-options|
3666 nasm..................................|ale-nasm-nasm|
3667 nickel..................................|ale-nickel-options|
3668 nickel_format.........................|ale-nickel-nickel-format|
3669 nim.....................................|ale-nim-options|
3670 nimcheck..............................|ale-nim-nimcheck|
3671 nimlsp................................|ale-nim-nimlsp|
3672 nimpretty.............................|ale-nim-nimpretty|
3673 nix.....................................|ale-nix-options|
3674 alejandra.............................|ale-nix-alejandra|
3675 nixfmt................................|ale-nix-nixfmt|
3676 nixpkgs-fmt...........................|ale-nix-nixpkgs-fmt|
3677 statix................................|ale-nix-statix|
3678 deadnix...............................|ale-nix-deadnix|
3679 nroff...................................|ale-nroff-options|
3680 write-good............................|ale-nroff-write-good|
3681 nunjucks................................|ale-nunjucks-options|
3682 djlint................................|ale-nunjucks-djlint|
3683 objc....................................|ale-objc-options|
3684 ccls..................................|ale-objc-ccls|
3685 clang.................................|ale-objc-clang|
3686 clang-format..........................|ale-objc-clangformat|
3687 clangd................................|ale-objc-clangd|
3688 uncrustify............................|ale-objc-uncrustify|
3689 objcpp..................................|ale-objcpp-options|
3690 clang.................................|ale-objcpp-clang|
3691 clangd................................|ale-objcpp-clangd|
3692 uncrustify............................|ale-objcpp-uncrustify|
3693 ocaml...................................|ale-ocaml-options|
3694 dune..................................|ale-ocaml-dune|
3695 merlin................................|ale-ocaml-merlin|
3696 ocamllsp..............................|ale-ocaml-ocamllsp|
3697 ols...................................|ale-ocaml-ols|
3698 ocamlformat...........................|ale-ocaml-ocamlformat|
3699 ocp-indent............................|ale-ocaml-ocp-indent|
3700 odin....................................|ale-odin-options|
3701 ols...................................|ale-odin-ols|
3702 openapi.................................|ale-openapi-options|
3703 ibm_validator.........................|ale-openapi-ibm-validator|
3704 prettier..............................|ale-openapi-prettier|
3705 yamllint..............................|ale-openapi-yamllint|
3706 openscad................................|ale-openscad-options|
3707 sca2d.................................|ale-openscad-sca2d|
3708 scadformat............................|ale-openscad-scadformat|
3709 packer..................................|ale-packer-options|
3710 packer-fmt-fixer......................|ale-packer-fmt-fixer|
3711 pascal..................................|ale-pascal-options|
3712 ptop..................................|ale-pascal-ptop|
3713 pawn....................................|ale-pawn-options|
3714 uncrustify............................|ale-pawn-uncrustify|
3715 perl....................................|ale-perl-options|
3716 perl..................................|ale-perl-perl|
3717 perlcritic............................|ale-perl-perlcritic|
3718 perltidy..............................|ale-perl-perltidy|
3719 perl6...................................|ale-perl6-options|
3720 perl6.................................|ale-perl6-perl6|
3721 php.....................................|ale-php-options|
3722 cspell................................|ale-php-cspell|
3723 langserver............................|ale-php-langserver|
3724 phan..................................|ale-php-phan|
3725 phpcbf................................|ale-php-phpcbf|
3726 phpcs.................................|ale-php-phpcs|
3727 phpmd.................................|ale-php-phpmd|
3728 phpstan...............................|ale-php-phpstan|
3729 psalm.................................|ale-php-psalm|
3730 php-cs-fixer..........................|ale-php-php-cs-fixer|
3731 php...................................|ale-php-php|
3732 pint..................................|ale-php-pint|
3733 tlint.................................|ale-php-tlint|
3734 intelephense..........................|ale-php-intelephense|
3735 po......................................|ale-po-options|
3736 write-good............................|ale-po-write-good|
3737 pod.....................................|ale-pod-options|
3738 write-good............................|ale-pod-write-good|
3739 pony....................................|ale-pony-options|
3740 ponyc.................................|ale-pony-ponyc|
3741 powershell..............................|ale-powershell-options|
3742 cspell................................|ale-powershell-cspell|
3743 powershell............................|ale-powershell-powershell|
3744 psscriptanalyzer......................|ale-powershell-psscriptanalyzer|
3745 prolog..................................|ale-prolog-options|
3746 swipl.................................|ale-prolog-swipl|
3747 proto...................................|ale-proto-options|
3748 buf-format............................|ale-proto-buf-format|
3749 buf-lint..............................|ale-proto-buf-lint|
3750 clang-format..........................|ale-proto-clangformat|
3751 protoc-gen-lint.......................|ale-proto-protoc-gen-lint|
3752 protolint.............................|ale-proto-protolint|
3753 pug.....................................|ale-pug-options|
3754 puglint...............................|ale-pug-puglint|
3755 puppet..................................|ale-puppet-options|
3756 puppet................................|ale-puppet-puppet|
3757 puppetlint............................|ale-puppet-puppetlint|
3758 puppet-languageserver.................|ale-puppet-languageserver|
3759 purescript..............................|ale-purescript-options|
3760 purescript-language-server............|ale-purescript-language-server|
3761 purs-tidy.............................|ale-purescript-tidy|
3762 purty.................................|ale-purescript-purty|
3763 pyrex (cython)..........................|ale-pyrex-options|
3764 cython................................|ale-pyrex-cython|
3765 python..................................|ale-python-options|
3766 autoflake.............................|ale-python-autoflake|
3767 autoimport............................|ale-python-autoimport|
3768 autopep8..............................|ale-python-autopep8|
3769 bandit................................|ale-python-bandit|
3770 black.................................|ale-python-black|
3771 cspell................................|ale-python-cspell|
3772 flake8................................|ale-python-flake8|
3773 flakehell.............................|ale-python-flakehell|
3774 isort.................................|ale-python-isort|
3775 mypy..................................|ale-python-mypy|
3776 prospector............................|ale-python-prospector|
3777 pycln.................................|ale-python-pycln|
3778 pycodestyle...........................|ale-python-pycodestyle|
3779 pydocstyle............................|ale-python-pydocstyle|
3780 pyflakes..............................|ale-python-pyflakes|
3781 pyflyby...............................|ale-python-pyflyby|
3782 pylama................................|ale-python-pylama|
3783 pylint................................|ale-python-pylint|
3784 pylsp.................................|ale-python-pylsp|
3785 pyre..................................|ale-python-pyre|
3786 pyright...............................|ale-python-pyright|
3787 refurb................................|ale-python-refurb|
3788 reorder-python-imports................|ale-python-reorder_python_imports|
3789 ruff..................................|ale-python-ruff|
3790 ruff-format...........................|ale-python-ruff-format|
3791 unimport..............................|ale-python-unimport|
3792 vulture...............................|ale-python-vulture|
3793 yapf..................................|ale-python-yapf|
3794 qml.....................................|ale-qml-options|
3795 qmlfmt................................|ale-qml-qmlfmt|
3796 r.......................................|ale-r-options|
3797 languageserver........................|ale-r-languageserver|
3798 lintr.................................|ale-r-lintr|
3799 styler................................|ale-r-styler|
3800 racket..................................|ale-racket-options|
3801 racket_langserver.....................|ale-racket-langserver|
3802 raco_fmt..............................|ale-racket-raco-fmt|
3803 reasonml................................|ale-reasonml-options|
3804 merlin................................|ale-reasonml-merlin|
3805 ols...................................|ale-reasonml-ols|
3806 reason-language-server................|ale-reasonml-language-server|
3807 refmt.................................|ale-reasonml-refmt|
3808 rego....................................|ale-rego-options|
3809 cspell................................|ale-rego-cspell|
3810 opacheck..............................|ale-rego-opa-check|
3811 opafmt................................|ale-rego-opa-fmt-fixer|
3812 rest....................................|ale-rest-options|
3813 kulala_fmt............................|ale-rest-kulala_fmt|
3814 restructuredtext........................|ale-restructuredtext-options|
3815 cspell................................|ale-restructuredtext-cspell|
3816 textlint..............................|ale-restructuredtext-textlint|
3817 write-good............................|ale-restructuredtext-write-good|
3818 robot...................................|ale-robot-options|
3819 rflint................................|ale-robot-rflint|
3820 ruby....................................|ale-ruby-options|
3821 brakeman..............................|ale-ruby-brakeman|
3822 cspell................................|ale-ruby-cspell|
3823 debride...............................|ale-ruby-debride|
3824 packwerk..............................|ale-ruby-packwerk|
3825 prettier..............................|ale-ruby-prettier|
3826 rails_best_practices..................|ale-ruby-rails_best_practices|
3827 reek..................................|ale-ruby-reek|
3828 rubocop...............................|ale-ruby-rubocop|
3829 ruby..................................|ale-ruby-ruby|
3830 rufo..................................|ale-ruby-rufo|
3831 solargraph............................|ale-ruby-solargraph|
3832 sorbet................................|ale-ruby-sorbet|
3833 standardrb............................|ale-ruby-standardrb|
3834 syntax_tree...........................|ale-ruby-syntax_tree|
3835 rubyfmt...............................|ale-ruby-rubyfmt|
3836 rust....................................|ale-rust-options|
3837 analyzer..............................|ale-rust-analyzer|
3838 cargo.................................|ale-rust-cargo|
3839 cspell................................|ale-rust-cspell|
3840 rls...................................|ale-rust-rls|
3841 rustc.................................|ale-rust-rustc|
3842 rustfmt...............................|ale-rust-rustfmt|
3843 salt....................................|ale-salt-options|
3844 salt-lint.............................|ale-salt-salt-lint|
3845 sass....................................|ale-sass-options|
3846 sasslint..............................|ale-sass-sasslint|
3847 stylelint.............................|ale-sass-stylelint|
3848 scala...................................|ale-scala-options|
3849 cspell................................|ale-scala-cspell|
3850 metals................................|ale-scala-metals|
3851 sbtserver.............................|ale-scala-sbtserver|
3852 scalafmt..............................|ale-scala-scalafmt|
3853 scalastyle............................|ale-scala-scalastyle|
3854 scss....................................|ale-scss-options|
3855 prettier..............................|ale-scss-prettier|
3856 sasslint..............................|ale-scss-sasslint|
3857 stylelint.............................|ale-scss-stylelint|
3858 sh......................................|ale-sh-options|
3859 bashate...............................|ale-sh-bashate|
3860 cspell................................|ale-sh-cspell|
3861 sh-language-server....................|ale-sh-language-server|
3862 shell.................................|ale-sh-shell|
3863 shellcheck............................|ale-sh-shellcheck|
3864 shfmt.................................|ale-sh-shfmt|
3865 sml.....................................|ale-sml-options|
3866 smlnj.................................|ale-sml-smlnj|
3867 solidity................................|ale-solidity-options|
3868 solc..................................|ale-solidity-solc|
3869 solhint...............................|ale-solidity-solhint|
3870 solium................................|ale-solidity-solium|
3871 forge.................................|ale-solidity-forge|
3872 spec....................................|ale-spec-options|
3873 rpmlint...............................|ale-spec-rpmlint|
3874 sql.....................................|ale-sql-options|
3875 dprint................................|ale-sql-dprint|
3876 pgformatter...........................|ale-sql-pgformatter|
3877 sqlfluff..............................|ale-sql-sqlfluff|
3878 sqlfmt................................|ale-sql-sqlfmt|
3879 sqlformat.............................|ale-sql-sqlformat|
3880 stylus..................................|ale-stylus-options|
3881 stylelint.............................|ale-stylus-stylelint|
3882 sugarss.................................|ale-sugarss-options|
3883 stylelint.............................|ale-sugarss-stylelint|
3884 svelte..................................|ale-svelte-options|
3885 prettier..............................|ale-svelte-prettier|
3886 svelteserver..........................|ale-svelte-svelteserver|
3887 swift...................................|ale-swift-options|
3888 apple-swift-format....................|ale-swift-apple-swift-format|
3889 cspell................................|ale-swift-cspell|
3890 sourcekitlsp..........................|ale-swift-sourcekitlsp|
3891 systemd.................................|ale-systemd-options|
3892 systemd-analyze.......................|ale-systemd-analyze|
3893 tcl.....................................|ale-tcl-options|
3894 nagelfar..............................|ale-tcl-nagelfar|
3895 terraform...............................|ale-terraform-options|
3896 checkov...............................|ale-terraform-checkov|
3897 terraform-fmt-fixer...................|ale-terraform-fmt-fixer|
3898 terraform.............................|ale-terraform-terraform|
3899 terraform-ls..........................|ale-terraform-terraform-ls|
3900 terraform-lsp.........................|ale-terraform-terraform-lsp|
3901 tflint................................|ale-terraform-tflint|
3902 tfsec.................................|ale-terraform-tfsec|
3903 tex.....................................|ale-tex-options|
3904 chktex................................|ale-tex-chktex|
3905 cspell................................|ale-tex-cspell|
3906 lacheck...............................|ale-tex-lacheck|
3907 latexindent...........................|ale-tex-latexindent|
3908 texlab................................|ale-tex-texlab|
3909 texinfo.................................|ale-texinfo-options|
3910 cspell................................|ale-texinfo-cspell|
3911 write-good............................|ale-texinfo-write-good|
3912 text....................................|ale-text-options|
3913 cspell................................|ale-text-cspell|
3914 textlint..............................|ale-text-textlint|
3915 write-good............................|ale-text-write-good|
3916 thrift..................................|ale-thrift-options|
3917 thrift................................|ale-thrift-thrift|
3918 thriftcheck...........................|ale-thrift-thriftcheck|
3919 toml....................................|ale-toml-options|
3920 dprint................................|ale-toml-dprint|
3921 typescript..............................|ale-typescript-options|
3922 biome.................................|ale-typescript-biome|
3923 cspell................................|ale-typescript-cspell|
3924 deno..................................|ale-typescript-deno|
3925 dprint................................|ale-typescript-dprint|
3926 eslint................................|ale-typescript-eslint|
3927 prettier..............................|ale-typescript-prettier|
3928 standard..............................|ale-typescript-standard|
3929 tslint................................|ale-typescript-tslint|
3930 tsserver..............................|ale-typescript-tsserver|
3931 xo....................................|ale-typescript-xo|
3932 typst...................................|ale-typst-options|
3933 typstyle..............................|ale-typst-typstyle|
3934 v.......................................|ale-v-options|
3935 v.....................................|ale-v-v|
3936 vfmt..................................|ale-v-vfmt|
3937 vala....................................|ale-vala-options|
3938 uncrustify............................|ale-vala-uncrustify|
3939 verilog/systemverilog...................|ale-verilog-options|
3940 hdl-checker...........................|ale-verilog-hdl-checker|
3941 iverilog..............................|ale-verilog-iverilog|
3942 slang.................................|ale-verilog-slang|
3943 verilator.............................|ale-verilog-verilator|
3944 vlog..................................|ale-verilog-vlog|
3945 xvlog.................................|ale-verilog-xvlog|
3946 yosys.................................|ale-verilog-yosys|
3947 vhdl....................................|ale-vhdl-options|
3948 ghdl..................................|ale-vhdl-ghdl|
3949 hdl-checker...........................|ale-vhdl-hdl-checker|
3950 vcom..................................|ale-vhdl-vcom|
3951 xvhdl.................................|ale-vhdl-xvhdl|
3952 vim help................................|ale-vim-help-options|
3953 write-good............................|ale-vim-help-write-good|
3954 vim.....................................|ale-vim-options|
3955 vimls.................................|ale-vim-vimls|
3956 vint..................................|ale-vim-vint|
3957 vue.....................................|ale-vue-options|
3958 cspell................................|ale-vue-cspell|
3959 prettier..............................|ale-vue-prettier|
3960 vls...................................|ale-vue-vls|
3961 volar.................................|ale-vue-volar|
3962 wgsl....................................|ale-wgsl-options|
3963 naga..................................|ale-wgsl-naga|
3964 xhtml...................................|ale-xhtml-options|
3965 cspell................................|ale-xhtml-cspell|
3966 write-good............................|ale-xhtml-write-good|
3967 xml.....................................|ale-xml-options|
3968 xmllint...............................|ale-xml-xmllint|
3969 yaml....................................|ale-yaml-options|
3970 actionlint............................|ale-yaml-actionlint|
3971 circleci..............................|ale-yaml-circleci|
3972 prettier..............................|ale-yaml-prettier|
3973 spectral..............................|ale-yaml-spectral|
3974 swaglint..............................|ale-yaml-swaglint|
3975 yaml-language-server..................|ale-yaml-language-server|
3976 yamlfix...............................|ale-yaml-yamlfix|
3977 yamlfmt...............................|ale-yaml-yamlfmt|
3978 yamllint..............................|ale-yaml-yamllint|
3979 gitlablint............................|ale-yaml-gitlablint|
3980 yq....................................|ale-yaml-yq|
3981 yang....................................|ale-yang-options|
3982 yang-lsp..............................|ale-yang-lsp|
3983 yara....................................|ale-yara-options|
3984 yls...................................|ale-yara-yls|
3985 zeek....................................|ale-zeek-options|
3986 zeek..................................|ale-zeek-zeek|
3987 zig.....................................|ale-zig-options|
3988 zigfmt................................|ale-zig-zigfmt|
3989 zlint.................................|ale-zig-zlint|
3990 zls...................................|ale-zig-zls|
3993 ===============================================================================
3994 8. Commands/Keybinds *ale-commands*
3996 :ALEComplete *:ALEComplete*
3998 Manually trigger LSP autocomplete and show the menu. Works only when called
4001 inoremap <silent> <C-Space> <C-\><C-O>:ALEComplete<CR>
4003 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_complete)` is defined for this command. >
4005 imap <C-Space> <Plug>(ale_complete)
4008 :ALEDocumentation *:ALEDocumentation*
4010 Similar to the `:ALEHover` command, retrieve documentation information for
4011 the symbol at the cursor. Documentation data will always be shown in a
4012 preview window, no matter how small the documentation content is.
4014 NOTE: This command is only available for `tsserver`.
4016 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_documentation)` is defined for this command.
4019 :ALEFindReferences *:ALEFindReferences*
4021 Find references in the codebase for the symbol under the cursor using the
4022 enabled LSP linters for the buffer. ALE will display a preview window
4023 containing the results if some references are found.
4025 The window can be navigated using the usual Vim navigation commands. The
4026 Enter key (<CR>) can be used to jump to a referencing location, or the `t`
4027 key can be used to jump to the location in a new tab.
4029 The locations opened in different ways using the following variations.
4031 `:ALEFindReferences -tab` - Open the location in a new tab.
4032 `:ALEFindReferences -split` - Open the location in a horizontal split.
4033 `:ALEFindReferences -vsplit` - Open the location in a vertical split.
4034 `:ALEFindReferences -quickfix` - Put the locations into quickfix list.
4036 The default method used for navigating to a new location can be changed
4037 by modifying |g:ale_default_navigation|.
4039 You can add `-relative` to the command to view results with relatives paths,
4040 instead of absolute paths. This option has no effect if `-quickfix` is used.
4042 The selection can be opened again with the `:ALERepeatSelection` command.
4044 You can jump back to the position you were at before going to a reference of
4045 something with jump motions like CTRL-O. See |jump-motions|.
4047 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_find_references)` is defined for this command.
4048 You can define additional plug mapping with any additional options you want
4051 nnoremap <silent> <Plug>(my_mapping) :ALEFindReferences -relative<Return>
4054 :ALEFix [linter] *:ALEFix*
4056 Fix problems with the current buffer. See |ale-fix| for more information.
4058 If the command is run with a bang (`:ALEFix!`), all warnings will be
4059 suppressed, including warnings about no fixers being defined, and warnings
4060 about not being able to apply fixes to a file because it has been changed.
4062 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_fix)` is defined for this command.
4065 :ALEFixSuggest *:ALEFixSuggest*
4067 Suggest tools that can be used to fix problems in the current buffer.
4069 See |ale-fix| for more information.
4072 :ALEGoToDefinition [options] *:ALEGoToDefinition*
4074 Jump to the definition of a symbol under the cursor using the enabled LSP
4075 linters for the buffer. ALE will jump to a definition if an LSP server
4076 provides a location to jump to. Otherwise, ALE will do nothing.
4078 The locations opened in different ways using the following variations.
4080 `:ALEGoToDefinition -tab` - Open the location in a new tab.
4081 `:ALEGoToDefinition -split` - Open the location in a horizontal split.
4082 `:ALEGoToDefinition -vsplit` - Open the location in a vertical split.
4084 The default method used for navigating to a new location can be changed
4085 by modifying |g:ale_default_navigation|.
4087 You can jump back to the position you were at before going to the definition
4088 of something with jump motions like CTRL-O. See |jump-motions|.
4090 You should consider using the 'hidden' option in combination with this
4091 command. Otherwise, Vim will refuse to leave the buffer you're jumping from
4092 unless you have saved your edits.
4094 The following Plug mappings are defined for this command, which correspond
4095 to the following commands.
4097 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_definition)` - `:ALEGoToDefinition`
4098 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_definition_in_tab)` - `:ALEGoToDefinition -tab`
4099 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_definition_in_split)` - `:ALEGoToDefinition -split`
4100 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_definition_in_vsplit)` - `:ALEGoToDefinition -vsplit`
4103 :ALEGoToTypeDefinition [options] *:ALEGoToTypeDefinition*
4105 This works similar to `:ALEGoToDefinition` but instead jumps to the
4106 definition of a type of a symbol under the cursor. ALE will jump to a
4107 definition if an LSP server provides a location to jump to. Otherwise, ALE
4110 The locations opened in different ways using the following variations.
4112 `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition -tab` - Open the location in a new tab.
4113 `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition -split` - Open the location in a horizontal split.
4114 `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition -vsplit` - Open the location in a vertical split.
4116 The default method used for navigating to a new location can be changed
4117 by modifying |g:ale_default_navigation|.
4119 You can jump back to the position you were at before going to the definition
4120 of something with jump motions like CTRL-O. See |jump-motions|.
4122 The following Plug mappings are defined for this command, which correspond
4123 to the following commands.
4125 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_type_definition)` - `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition`
4126 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_type_definition_in_tab)` - `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition -tab`
4127 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_type_definition_in_split)` - `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition -split`
4128 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_type_definition_in_vsplit)` - `:ALEGoToTypeDefinition -vsplit`
4131 :ALEGoToImplementation [options] *:ALEGoToImplementation*
4133 This works similar to `:ALEGoToDefinition` but instead jumps to the
4134 implementation of symbol under the cursor. ALE will jump to a definition if
4135 an LSP server provides a location to jump to. Otherwise, ALE will do nothing.
4137 The locations opened in different ways using the following variations.
4139 `:ALEGoToImplementation -tab` - Open the location in a new tab.
4140 `:ALEGoToImplementation -split` - Open the location in a horizontal split.
4141 `:ALEGoToImplementation -vsplit` - Open the location in a vertical split.
4143 The default method used for navigating to a new location can be changed
4144 by modifying |g:ale_default_navigation|.
4146 You can jump back to the position you were at before going to the definition
4147 of something with jump motions like CTRL-O. See |jump-motions|.
4149 The following Plug mappings are defined for this command, which correspond
4150 to the following commands.
4152 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_implementation)` - `:ALEGoToImplementation`
4153 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_implementation_in_tab)` - `:ALEGoToImplementation -tab`
4154 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_implementation_in_split)` - `:ALEGoToImplementation -split`
4155 `<Plug>(ale_go_to_implementation_in_vsplit)` - `:ALEGoToImplementation -vsplit`
4158 :ALEHover *:ALEHover*
4160 Print brief information about the symbol under the cursor, taken from any
4161 available LSP linters. There may be a small non-blocking delay before
4162 information is printed.
4164 NOTE: In Vim 8, long messages will be shown in a preview window, as Vim 8
4165 does not support showing a prompt to press enter to continue for long
4166 messages from asynchronous callbacks.
4168 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_hover)` is defined for this command.
4171 :ALEImport *:ALEImport*
4173 Try to import a symbol using `tsserver` or a Language Server.
4175 ALE will look for completions for the word at the cursor which contain
4176 additional text edits that possible insert lines to import the symbol. The
4177 first match with additional text edits will be used, and may add other code
4178 to the current buffer other than import lines.
4180 If linting is enabled, and |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed| is set to ever check
4181 buffers when text is changed, the buffer will be checked again after changes
4184 A Plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_import)` is defined for this command. This
4185 mapping should only be bound for normal mode.
4188 :ALEOrganizeImports *:ALEOrganizeImports*
4190 Organize imports using tsserver. Currently not implemented for LSPs.
4193 :ALERename *:ALERename*
4195 Rename a symbol using `tsserver` or a Language Server.
4197 The symbol where the cursor is resting will be the symbol renamed, and a
4198 prompt will open to request a new name.
4200 The rename operation will not save modified buffers when 'hidden' is on
4201 unless |g:ale_save_hidden| is `true` or `1`.
4204 :ALEFileRename *:ALEFileRename*
4206 Rename a file and fix imports using `tsserver`.
4209 :ALECodeAction *:ALECodeAction*
4211 Apply a code action via LSP servers or `tsserver`.
4213 If there is an error present on a line that can be fixed, ALE will
4214 automatically fix a line, unless there are multiple possible code fixes to
4217 This command can be run in visual mode apply actions, such as applicable
4218 refactors. A menu will be shown to select code action to apply.
4221 :ALERepeatSelection *:ALERepeatSelection*
4223 Repeat the last selection displayed in the preview window.
4226 :ALESymbolSearch [query] *:ALESymbolSearch*
4228 Search for symbols in the workspace, taken from any available LSP linters.
4230 The arguments provided to this command will be used as a search query for
4231 finding symbols in the workspace, such as functions, types, etc.
4233 You can add `-relative` to the command to view results with relatives paths,
4234 instead of absolute paths.
4239 Run ALE once for the current buffer. This command can be used to run ALE
4240 manually, instead of automatically, if desired.
4242 This command will also run linters where `lint_file` is evaluates to `1`,
4243 meaning linters which check the file instead of the Vim buffer.
4245 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_lint)` is defined for this command.
4248 :ALELintStop *:ALELintStop*
4250 Stop any currently running jobs for checking the current buffer.
4252 Any problems from previous linter results will continue to be shown.
4255 :ALEPopulateQuickfix *:ALEPopulateQuickfix*
4256 :ALEPopulateLocList *:ALEPopulateLocList*
4258 Manually populate the |quickfix| or |location-list| and show the
4259 corresponding list. Useful when you have other uses for both the |quickfix|
4260 and |location-list| and don't want them automatically populated. Be sure to
4261 disable auto populating: >
4263 let g:ale_set_quickfix = 0
4264 let g:ale_set_loclist = 0
4266 With these settings, ALE will still run checking and display it with signs,
4267 highlighting, and other output described in |ale-lint-file-linters|.
4269 :ALEPrevious *:ALEPrevious*
4270 :ALEPreviousWrap *:ALEPreviousWrap*
4272 :ALENextWrap *:ALENextWrap*
4273 :ALEFirst *:ALEFirst*
4275 *ale-navigation-commands*
4277 Move between warnings or errors in a buffer. ALE will only navigate between
4278 the errors or warnings it generated, even if both |g:ale_set_quickfix|
4279 and |g:ale_set_loclist| are set to `0`.
4281 `:ALEPrevious` and `:ALENext` will stop at the top and bottom of a file, while
4282 `:ALEPreviousWrap` and `:ALENextWrap` will wrap around the file to find
4283 the last or first warning or error in the file, respectively.
4285 `:ALEPrevious` and `:ALENext` take optional flags arguments to custom their
4287 `-wrap` enable wrapping around the file
4288 `-error`, `-warning` and `-info` enable jumping to errors, warnings or infos
4289 respectively, ignoring anything else. They are mutually exclusive and if
4290 several are provided the priority is the following: error > warning > info.
4291 `-style` and `-nostyle` allow you to jump respectively to style error or
4292 warning and to not style error or warning. They also are mutually
4293 exclusive and nostyle has priority over style.
4295 Flags can be combined to create create custom jumping. Thus you can use
4296 ":ALENext -wrap -error -nosyle" to jump to the next error which is not a
4297 style error while going back to the beginning of the file if needed.
4299 `:ALEFirst` goes to the first error or warning in the buffer, while `:ALELast`
4300 goes to the last one.
4302 The following |<Plug>| mappings are defined for the commands: >
4303 <Plug>(ale_previous) - ALEPrevious
4304 <Plug>(ale_previous_wrap) - ALEPreviousWrap
4305 <Plug>(ale_previous_error) - ALEPrevious -error
4306 <Plug>(ale_previous_wrap_error) - ALEPrevious -wrap -error
4307 <Plug>(ale_previous_warning) - ALEPrevious -warning
4308 <Plug>(ale_previous_wrap_warning) - ALEPrevious -wrap -warning
4309 <Plug>(ale_next) - ALENext
4310 <Plug>(ale_next_wrap) - ALENextWrap
4311 <Plug>(ale_next_error) - ALENext -error
4312 <Plug>(ale_next_wrap_error) - ALENext -wrap -error
4313 <Plug>(ale_next_warning) - ALENext -warning
4314 <Plug>(ale_next_wrap_warning) - ALENext -wrap -warning
4315 <Plug>(ale_first) - ALEFirst
4316 <Plug>(ale_last) - ALELast
4318 For example, these commands could be bound to the keys CTRL-j
4321 " Map movement through errors without wrapping.
4322 nmap <silent> <C-k> <Plug>(ale_previous)
4323 nmap <silent> <C-j> <Plug>(ale_next)
4324 " OR map keys to use wrapping.
4325 nmap <silent> <C-k> <Plug>(ale_previous_wrap)
4326 nmap <silent> <C-j> <Plug>(ale_next_wrap)
4329 :ALEToggle *:ALEToggle*
4330 :ALEEnable *:ALEEnable*
4331 :ALEDisable *:ALEDisable*
4332 :ALEToggleBuffer *:ALEToggleBuffer*
4333 :ALEEnableBuffer *:ALEEnableBuffer*
4334 :ALEDisableBuffer *:ALEDisableBuffer*
4336 `:ALEToggle`, `:ALEEnable`, and `:ALEDisable` enable or disable ALE linting,
4337 including all of its autocmd events, loclist items, quickfix items, signs,
4338 current jobs, etc., globally. Executing any of these commands will change
4339 the |g:ale_enabled| variable.
4341 ALE can be disabled or enabled for only a single buffer with
4342 `:ALEToggleBuffer`, `:ALEEnableBuffer`, and `:ALEDisableBuffer`. Disabling ALE
4343 for a buffer will not remove autocmd events, but will prevent ALE from
4344 checking for problems and reporting problems for whatever buffer the
4345 `:ALEDisableBuffer` or `:ALEToggleBuffer` command is executed from. These
4346 commands can be used for temporarily disabling ALE for a buffer. These
4347 commands will modify the |b:ale_enabled| variable.
4349 ALE linting cannot be enabled for a single buffer when it is disabled
4350 globally, as disabling ALE globally removes the autocmd events needed to
4351 perform linting with.
4353 The following plug mappings are defined, for conveniently defining keybinds:
4355 `:ALEToggle` - `<Plug>(ale_toggle)`
4356 `:ALEEnable` - `<Plug>(ale_enable)`
4357 `:ALEDisable` - `<Plug>(ale_disable)`
4358 `:ALEToggleBuffer` - `<Plug>(ale_toggle_buffer)`
4359 `:ALEEnableBuffer` - `<Plug>(ale_enable_buffer)`
4360 `:ALEDisableBuffer` - `<Plug>(ale_disable_buffer)`
4362 For removing problems reported by ALE, but leaving ALE enabled, see
4363 `:ALEReset` and `:ALEResetBuffer`.
4366 :ALEDetail *:ALEDetail*
4368 Show the full linter message for the problem nearest to the cursor on the
4369 given line in the preview window. The preview window can be easily closed
4370 with the `q` key. If there is no message to show, the window will not be
4373 If a loclist item has a `detail` key set, the message for that key will be
4374 preferred over `text`. See |ale-loclist-format|.
4376 A plug mapping `<Plug>(ale_detail)` is defined for this command.
4382 Print runtime information about ALE, including the values of global and
4383 buffer-local settings for ALE, the linters that are enabled, the commands
4384 that have been run, and the output of commands.
4386 ALE will log the commands that are run by default. If you wish to disable
4387 this, set |g:ale_history_enabled| to `0`. Because it could be expensive, ALE
4388 does not remember the output of recent commands by default. Set
4389 |g:ale_history_log_output| to `1` to enable logging of output for commands.
4390 ALE will only log the output captured for parsing problems, etc.
4392 You can pass options to the command to control how ALE displays the
4393 information, such as `:ALEInfo -echo`, etc. >
4395 -preview Show the info in a preview window.
4396 -clip OR -clipboard Copy the information to your clipboard.
4397 -echo echo all of the information with :echo
4399 The default mode can be configured with |g:ale_info_default_mode|.
4401 When shown in a preview window, syntax highlights can be defined for the
4402 `ale-info` filetype.
4404 `:ALEInfoToFile` will write the ALE runtime information to a given filename.
4405 The filename works just like `:write`.
4408 :ALEReset *:ALEReset*
4409 :ALEResetBuffer *:ALEResetBuffer*
4411 `:ALEReset` will remove all problems reported by ALE for all buffers.
4412 `:ALEResetBuffer` will remove all problems reported for a single buffer.
4414 Either command will leave ALE linting enabled, so ALE will report problems
4415 when linting is performed again. See |ale-lint| for more information.
4417 The following plug mappings are defined, for conveniently defining keybinds:
4419 `:ALEReset` - `<Plug>(ale_reset)`
4420 `:ALEResetBuffer` - `<Plug>(ale_reset_buffer)`
4422 ALE can be disabled globally or for a buffer with `:ALEDisable` or
4423 `:ALEDisableBuffer`.
4426 :ALEStopAllLSPs *:ALEStopAllLSPs*
4428 `:ALEStopAllLSPs` will close and stop all channels and jobs for all LSP-like
4429 clients, including tsserver, remove all of the data stored for them, and
4430 delete all of the problems found for them, updating every linted buffer.
4432 This command can be used when LSP clients mess up and need to be restarted.
4435 :ALEStopLSP [linter] *:ALEStopLSP*
4437 `:ALEStopLSP` will stop a specific language server with a given linter name.
4438 Completion is supported for currently running language servers. All language
4439 servers with the given name will be stopped across all buffers for all
4442 If the command is run with a bang (`:ALEStopLSP!`), all warnings will be
4446 ===============================================================================
4449 ALE offers a number of functions for running linters or fixers, or defining
4450 them. The following functions are part of the publicly documented part of that
4451 API, and should be expected to continue to work. Functions documented with
4452 Vim autocmd names `ale#Foo` are available in the Vim context, and functions
4453 documented with dot names `ale.foo` are available in Lua scripts.
4456 ale.env(variable_name, value) *ale.env()*
4457 ale#Env(variable_name, value) *ale#Env()*
4459 Given a variable name and a string value, produce a string for including in
4460 a command for setting environment variables. This function can be used for
4461 building a command like so. >
4463 :echo string(ale#Env('VAR', 'some value') . 'command')
4464 'VAR=''some value'' command' # On Linux or Mac OSX
4465 'set VAR="some value" && command' # On Windows
4468 ale.escape(str) *ale.escape()*
4469 ale#Escape(str) *ale#Escape()*
4471 Given a string, escape that string so it is ready for shell execution.
4473 If the shell is detected to be `cmd.exe`, ALE will apply its own escaping
4474 that tries to avoid escaping strings unless absolutely necessary to avoid
4475 issues with Windows programs that do not properly handle quoted arguments.
4477 In all other cases, ALE will call |shellescape|.
4480 ale.get_filename_mappings(buffer, name) *ale.get_filename_mappings()*
4481 ale#GetFilenameMappings(buffer, name) *ale#GetFilenameMappings()*
4483 Given a `buffer` and the `name` of either a linter for fixer, return a
4484 |List| of two-item |List|s that describe mapping to and from the local and
4485 foreign file systems for running a particular linter or fixer.
4487 See |g:ale_filename_mappings| for details on filename mapping.
4490 ale.has(feature) *ale.has()*
4491 ale#Has(feature) *ale#Has()*
4493 In Vim, `ale#Has` returns `1` if ALE supports a given feature, like |has()|
4494 for Vim features. In Lua `ale.has` returns `true` instead, and `false` if a
4495 feature is not supported.
4497 ALE versions can be checked with version strings in the format
4498 `ale#Has('ale-x.y.z')`, such as `ale#Has('ale-2.4.0')`.
4501 ale.pad(str) *ale.pad()*
4502 ale#Pad(str) *ale#Pad()*
4504 Given a string or any |empty()| value, return either the string prefixed
4505 with a single space, or an empty string. This function can be used to build
4506 parts of a command from variables.
4509 ale.queue(delay, [linting_flag, buffer]) *ale.queue()*
4510 ale#Queue(delay, [linting_flag, buffer]) *ale#Queue()*
4512 Run linters for the current buffer, based on the filetype of the buffer,
4513 with a given `delay`. A `delay` of `0` will run the linters immediately.
4514 The linters will always be run in the background. Calling this function
4515 several times will reset an internal timer so ALE doesn't check buffers too
4518 An optional `linting_flag` argument can be given. If `linting_flag` is
4519 `'lint_file'`, then linters where the `lint_file` option evaluates to `1`
4520 will be run. Otherwise, those linters will not be run.
4522 An optional `buffer` argument can be given for specifying the buffer to
4523 check. The active buffer (`bufnr('')`) will be checked by default.
4526 If an exception is thrown when queuing/running ALE linters, ALE will enter
4527 a cool down period where it will stop checking anything for a short period
4528 of time. This is to prevent ALE from seriously annoying users if a linter
4529 is broken, or when developing ALE itself.
4532 ale.setup(config) *ale.setup()*
4534 Configure ALE global settings, which are documented in |ale-options|. For
4537 require("ale").setup({
4538 completion_enabled = true,
4539 maximum_file_size = 1024 * 1024,
4540 warn_about_trailing_whitespace = false,
4543 You can also call this function with `ale.setup.global` to make what context
4544 ALE is being configured in less ambiguous if you like.
4547 ale.setup.buffer(config) *ale.setup.buffer()*
4549 Configure ALE buffer-local settings, which are documented in |ale-options|.
4551 require("ale").setup.buffer({
4552 linters = {"ruff", "pyright"},
4557 ale.var(buffer, variable_name) *ale.var()*
4558 ale#Var(buffer, variable_name) *ale#Var()*
4560 Given a buffer number and an ALE variable name return the value of that
4561 if defined in the buffer, and if not defined in the buffer return the
4562 global value. The `ale_` prefix will be added to the Vim variable name.
4564 The `ale#Var` Vim function will return errors if the variable is not defined
4565 in either the buffer or globally. The `ale.var` Lua function will return
4566 `nil` if the variable is not defined in either the buffer or globally.
4569 ale#command#CreateDirectory(buffer) *ale#command#CreateDirectory()*
4571 Create a new temporary directory with a unique name, and manage that
4572 directory with |ale#command#ManageDirectory()|, so it will be removed as soon
4575 It is advised to only call this function from a callback function for
4576 returning a linter command to run.
4579 ale#command#CreateFile(buffer) *ale#command#CreateFile()*
4581 Create a new temporary file with a unique name, and manage that file with
4582 |ale#command#ManageFile()|, so it will be removed as soon as possible.
4584 It is advised to only call this function from a callback function for
4585 returning a linter command to run.
4588 ale#command#Run(buffer, command, callback, [options]) *ale#command#Run()*
4590 Start running a job in the background, and pass the results to the given
4593 This function can be used for computing the results of ALE linter or fixer
4594 functions asynchronously with jobs. `buffer` must match the buffer being
4595 linted or fixed, `command` must be a |String| for a shell command to
4596 execute, `callback` must be defined as a |Funcref| to call later with the
4597 results, and an optional |Dictionary| of `options` can be provided.
4599 The `callback` will receive the arguments `(buffer, output, metadata)`,
4600 where the `buffer` will match the buffer given to the function, the `output`
4601 will be a `List` of lines of output from the job that was run, and the
4602 `metadata` will be a |Dictionary| with additional information about the job
4603 that was run, including:
4605 `exit_code` - A |Number| with the exit code for the program that was run.
4607 The result of this function is either a special |Dictionary| ALE will use
4608 for waiting for the command to finish, or `0` if the job is not started. The
4609 The return value of the `callback` will be used as the eventual result for
4610 whatever value is being given to ALE. For example: >
4612 function! s:GetCommand(buffer, output, meta) abort
4613 " Do something with a:output here, from the foo command.
4615 " This is used as the command to run for linting.
4616 return 'final command'
4621 'command': {b -> ale#command#Run(b, 'foo', function('s:GetCommand'))}
4623 The result of a callback can also be the result of another call to this
4624 function, so that several commands can be arbitrarily chained together. For
4627 function! s:GetAnotherCommand(buffer, output, meta) abort
4628 " We can finally return this command.
4629 return 'last command'
4632 function! s:GetCommand(buffer, output, meta) abort
4633 " We can return another deferred result.
4634 return ale#command#Run(
4637 \ function('s:GetAnotherCommand')
4643 'command': {b -> ale#command#Run(b, 'foo', function('s:GetCommand'))}
4645 The following `options` can be provided.
4647 `cwd` - An optional |String| for setting the working directory
4648 for the command, just as per |ale#linter#Define|.
4650 If not set, or `v:null`, the `cwd` of the last command
4651 that spawned this one will be used.
4653 `output_stream` - Either `'stdout'`, `'stderr'`, `'both'`, or
4654 `'none`' for selecting which output streams to read
4657 The default is `'stdout'`
4659 `executable` - An executable for formatting into `%e` in the
4660 command. If this option is not provided, formatting
4661 commands with `%e` will not work.
4663 `read_buffer` - If set to `1`, the buffer will be piped into the
4668 `input` - When creating temporary files with `%t` or piping
4669 text into a command `input` can be set to a |List| of
4670 text to use instead of the buffer's text.
4672 `filename_mappings` - A |List| of two-item |List|s describing filename
4673 mappings to apply for formatted filenames in the
4674 command string, as per |g:ale_filename_mappings|.
4676 If the call to this function is being used for a
4677 linter or fixer, the mappings should be provided with
4678 this option, and can be retrieved easily with
4679 |ale#GetFilenameMappings()|.
4681 The default is `[]`.
4684 ale#command#EscapeCommandPart(command_part) *ale#command#EscapeCommandPart()*
4686 Given a |String|, return a |String| with all `%` characters replaced with
4687 `%%` instead. This function can be used to escape strings which are
4688 dynamically generated for commands before handing them over to ALE,
4689 so that ALE doesn't treat any strings with `%` formatting sequences
4693 ale#command#ManageDirectory(buffer, directory) *ale#command#ManageDirectory()*
4695 Like |ale#command#ManageFile()|, but directories and all of their contents
4696 will be deleted, akin to `rm -rf directory`, which could lead to loss of
4697 data if mistakes are made. This command will also delete any temporary
4698 filenames given to it.
4700 It is advised to use |ale#command#ManageFile()| instead for deleting single
4704 ale#command#ManageFile(buffer, filename) *ale#command#ManageFile()*
4706 Given a buffer number for a buffer currently running some linting or fixing
4707 tasks and a filename, register a filename with ALE for automatic deletion
4708 after linting or fixing is complete, or when Vim exits.
4710 If Vim exits suddenly, ALE will try its best to remove temporary files, but
4711 ALE cannot guarantee with absolute certainty that the files will be removed.
4712 It is advised to create temporary files in the operating system's managed
4713 temporary file directory, such as with |tempname()|.
4715 Directory names should not be given to this function. ALE will only delete
4716 files and symlinks given to this function. This is to prevent entire
4717 directories from being accidentally deleted, say in cases of writing
4718 `dir . '/' . filename` where `filename` is actually `''`, etc. ALE instead
4719 manages directories separately with the |ale#command#ManageDirectory| function.
4722 ale#completion#OmniFunc(findstart, base) *ale#completion#OmniFunc()*
4724 A completion function to use with 'omnifunc'.
4726 See |ale-completion|.
4729 ale#engine#GetLoclist(buffer) *ale#engine#GetLoclist()*
4731 Given a buffer number, this function will return the list of problems
4732 reported by ALE for a given buffer in the format accepted by |setqflist()|.
4734 A reference to the buffer's list of problems will be returned. The list must
4735 be copied before applying |map()| or |filter()|.
4738 ale#engine#IsCheckingBuffer(buffer) *ale#engine#IsCheckingBuffer()*
4740 Given a buffer number, returns `1` when ALE is busy checking that buffer.
4742 This function can be used for status lines, tab names, etc.
4744 *ale#fix#registry#Add()*
4745 ale#fix#registry#Add(name, func, filetypes, desc, [aliases])
4747 Given a |String| `name` for a name to add to the registry, a |String| `func`
4748 for a function name, a |List| `filetypes` for a list of filetypes to
4749 set for suggestions, and a |String| `desc` for a short description of
4750 the fixer, register a fixer in the registry.
4752 The `name` can then be used for |g:ale_fixers| in place of the function
4753 name, and suggested for fixing files.
4755 An optional |List| of |String|s for aliases can be passed as the `aliases`
4756 argument. These aliases can also be used for looking up a fixer function.
4757 ALE will search for fixers in the registry first by `name`, then by their
4760 For example to register a custom fixer for `luafmt`: >
4762 function! FormatLua(buffer) abort
4764 \ 'command': 'luafmt --stdin'
4768 execute ale#fix#registry#Add('luafmt', 'FormatLua', ['lua'], 'luafmt for lua')
4770 " You can now use it in g:ale_fixers
4771 let g:ale_fixers = {
4776 ale#linter#Define(filetype, linter) *ale#linter#Define()*
4778 Given a |String| for a filetype and a |Dictionary| Describing a linter
4779 configuration, add a linter for the given filetype. The dictionaries each
4780 offer the following options:
4782 `name` The name of the linter. These names will be used by
4783 |g:ale_linters| option for enabling/disabling
4786 This argument is required.
4788 `callback` A |String| or |Funcref| for a callback function
4789 accepting two arguments (buffer, lines), for a
4790 buffer number the output is for, and the lines of
4791 output from a linter.
4793 This callback function should return a |List| of
4794 |Dictionary| objects in the format accepted by
4795 |setqflist()|. The |List| will be sorted by line and
4796 then column order so it can be searched with a binary
4797 search by in future before being passed on to the
4798 |location-list|, etc.
4800 This argument is required, unless the linter is an
4801 LSP linter. In which case, this argument must not be
4802 defined, as LSP linters handle diagnostics
4803 automatically. See |ale-lsp-linters|.
4805 If the function named does not exist, including if
4806 the function is later deleted, ALE will behave as if
4807 the callback returned an empty list.
4809 The keys for each item in the List will be handled in
4810 the following manner:
4811 *ale-loclist-format*
4812 `text` - This error message is required.
4813 `detail` - An optional, more descriptive message.
4814 This message can be displayed with the `:ALEDetail`
4815 command instead of the message for `text`, if set.
4816 `lnum` - The line number is required. Any strings
4817 will be automatically converted to numbers by
4820 Line 0 will be moved to line 1, and lines beyond
4821 the end of the file will be moved to the end.
4822 `col` - The column number is optional and will
4823 default to `0`. Any strings will be automatically
4824 converted to number using |str2nr()|.
4825 `end_col` - An optional end column number.
4826 This key can be set to specify the column problems
4827 end on, for improved highlighting.
4828 `end_lnum` - An optional end line number.
4829 This key can set along with `end_col` for
4830 highlighting multi-line problems.
4831 `bufnr` - This key represents the buffer number the
4832 problems are for. This value will default to
4833 the buffer number being checked.
4835 The `filename` key can be set instead of this key,
4836 and then the eventual `bufnr` value in the final
4837 list will either represent the number for an open
4838 buffer or `-1` for a file not open in any buffer.
4839 `filename` - An optional filename for the file the
4840 problems are for. This should be an absolute path to
4843 Problems for files which have not yet been opened
4844 will be set in those files after they are opened
4845 and have been checked at least once.
4847 Temporary files in directories used for Vim
4848 temporary files with |tempname()| will be assumed
4849 to be the buffer being checked, unless the `bufnr`
4850 key is also set with a valid number for some other
4852 `vcol` - Defaults to `0`.
4854 If set to `1`, ALE will convert virtual column
4855 positions for `col` and `end_col` to byte column
4856 positions. If the buffer is changed in-between
4857 checking it and displaying the results, the
4858 calculated byte column positions will probably be
4860 `type` - Defaults to `'E'`.
4861 `nr` - Defaults to `-1`.
4863 Numeric error code. If `nr` is not `-1`, `code`
4864 likely should contain the string representation of
4866 `code` - No default; may be unset.
4868 Human-readable |String| error code.
4870 `executable` A |String| naming the executable itself which
4871 will be run, or a |Funcref| for a function to call
4872 for computing the executable, accepting a buffer
4875 The result can be computed with |ale#command#Run()|.
4877 This value will be used to check if the program
4878 requested is installed or not.
4880 If an `executable` is not defined, the command will
4881 be run without checking if a program is executable
4882 first. Defining an executable path is recommended to
4883 avoid starting too many processes.
4885 `command` A |String| for a command to run asynchronously, or a
4886 |Funcref| for a function to call for computing the
4887 command, accepting a buffer number.
4889 The result can be computed with |ale#command#Run()|.
4891 The command string can be formatted with format
4892 markers. See |ale-command-format-strings|.
4894 This command will be fed the lines from the buffer to
4895 check, and will produce the lines of output given to
4898 `cwd` An optional |String| for setting the working
4899 directory for the command, or a |Funcref| for a
4900 function to call for computing the command, accepting
4901 a buffer number. The working directory can be
4902 specified as a format string for determining the path
4903 dynamically. See |ale-command-format-strings|.
4905 To set the working directory to the directory
4906 containing the file you're checking, you should
4907 probably use `'%s:h'` as the option value.
4909 If this option is absent or the string is empty, the
4910 `command` will be run with no determined working
4911 directory in particular.
4913 The directory specified with this option will be used
4914 as the default working directory for all commands run
4915 in a chain with |ale#command#Run()|, unless otherwise
4918 `output_stream` A |String| for the output stream the lines of output
4919 should be read from for the command which is run. The
4920 accepted values are `'stdout'`, `'stderr'`, and
4921 `'both'`. This argument defaults to `'stdout'`. This
4922 argument can be set for linter programs which output
4923 their errors and warnings to the stderr stream
4924 instead of stdout. The option `'both'` will read
4925 from both stder and stdout at the same time.
4927 `read_buffer` A |Number| (`0` or `1`) indicating whether a command
4928 should read the Vim buffer as input via stdin. This
4929 option is set to `1` by default, and can be disabled
4930 if a command manually reads from a temporary file
4933 This option behaves as if it was set to `0` when the
4934 `lint_file` option evaluates to `1`.
4937 `lint_file` A |Number| (`0` or `1`), or a |Funcref| for a function
4938 accepting a buffer number for computing either `0` or
4939 `1`, indicating whether a command should read the file
4940 instead of the Vim buffer. This option can be used
4941 for linters which must check the file on disk, and
4942 which cannot check a Vim buffer instead.
4944 The result can be computed with |ale#command#Run()|.
4946 Linters where the eventual value of this option
4947 evaluates to `1` will not be run as a user types, per
4948 |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed|. Linters will instead be
4949 run only when events occur against the file on disk,
4950 including |g:ale_lint_on_enter| and
4951 |g:ale_lint_on_save|. Linters where this option
4952 evaluates to `1` will also be run when the `:ALELint`
4955 When this option is evaluates to `1`, ALE will behave
4956 as if `read_buffer` was set to `0`.
4959 `lsp` A |String| for defining LSP (Language Server Protocol)
4962 This argument may be omitted or `''` when a linter
4963 does not represent an LSP linter.
4965 When this argument is set to `'stdio'`, then the
4966 linter will be defined as an LSP linter which keeps a
4967 process for a language server running, and
4968 communicates with it directly via a |channel|.
4969 `executable` and `command` must be set.
4971 When this argument is set to `'socket'`, then the
4972 linter will be defined as an LSP linter via a TCP
4973 or named pipe socket connection. `address` must be set.
4975 ALE will not start a server automatically.
4977 When this argument is not empty `project_root` must
4980 `language` can be defined to describe the language
4981 for a file. The filetype will be used as the language
4984 LSP linters handle diagnostics automatically, so
4985 the `callback` argument must not be defined.
4987 An optional `completion_filter` callback may be
4988 defined for filtering completion results.
4990 `initialization_options` may be defined to pass
4991 initialization options to the LSP.
4993 `lsp_config` may be defined to pass configuration
4994 settings to the LSP.
4996 `address` A |String| representing an address to connect to,
4997 or a |Funcref| accepting a buffer number and
4998 returning the |String|. If the value contains a
4999 colon, it is interpreted as referring to a TCP
5000 socket; otherwise it is interpreted as the path of a
5003 The result can be computed with |ale#command#Run()|.
5005 This argument must only be set if the `lsp` argument
5006 is set to `'socket'`.
5008 `project_root` A |String| representing a path to the project for
5009 the file being checked with the language server, or
5010 a |Funcref| accepting a buffer number and returning
5013 If an empty string is returned, the file will not be
5016 This argument must only be set if the `lsp` argument
5017 is also set to a non-empty string.
5019 `language` A |String| representing the name of the language
5020 being checked, or a |Funcref| accepting a buffer
5021 number and returning the |String|. This string will
5022 be sent to the LSP to tell it what type of language
5025 If a language isn't provided, the language will
5026 default to the value of the filetype given to
5027 |ale#linter#Define|.
5029 `completion_filter` A |String| or |Funcref| for a callback function
5030 accepting a buffer number and a completion item.
5032 The completion item will be a |Dictionary| following
5033 the Language Server Protocol `CompletionItem`
5034 interface as described in the specification,
5035 available online here:
5036 https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol
5038 `aliases` A |List| of aliases for the linter name.
5040 This argument can be set with alternative names for
5041 selecting the linter with |g:ale_linters|. This
5042 setting can make it easier to guess the linter name
5043 by offering a few alternatives.
5045 `initialization_options` A |Dictionary| of initialization options for LSPs,
5046 or a |Funcref| for a callback function accepting
5047 a buffer number and returning the |Dictionary|.
5049 This will be fed (as JSON) to the LSP in the
5052 `lsp_config` A |Dictionary| for configuring a language server,
5053 or a |Funcref| for a callback function accepting
5054 a buffer number and returning the |Dictionary|.
5056 This will be fed (as JSON) to the LSP in the
5057 workspace/didChangeConfiguration command.
5059 If temporary files or directories are created for commands run with
5060 `command`, then these temporary files or directories can be managed by ALE,
5061 for automatic deletion. See |ale#command#ManageFile()| and
5062 |ale#command#ManageDirectory| for more information.
5064 *ale-command-format-strings*
5066 All command strings will be formatted for special character sequences.
5067 Any substring `%s` will be replaced with the full path to the current file
5068 being edited. This format option can be used to pass the exact filename
5069 being edited to a program.
5072 'command': 'eslint -f unix --stdin --stdin-filename %s'
5074 Any substring `%t` will be replaced with a path to a temporary file. Merely
5075 adding `%t` will cause ALE to create a temporary file containing the
5076 contents of the buffer being checked. All occurrences of `%t` in command
5077 strings will reference the one temporary file. The temporary file will be
5078 created inside a temporary directory, and the entire temporary directory
5079 will be automatically deleted, following the behavior of
5080 |ale#command#ManageDirectory|. This option can be used for some linters which
5081 do not support reading from stdin.
5084 'command': 'ghc -fno-code -v0 %t',
5086 Any substring `%e` will be replaced with the escaped executable supplied
5087 with `executable`. This provides a convenient way to define a command string
5088 which needs to include a dynamic executable name, but which is otherwise
5092 'command': '%e --some-argument',
5094 The character sequence `%%` can be used to emit a literal `%` into a
5095 command, so literal character sequences `%s` and `%t` can be escaped by
5096 using `%%s` and `%%t` instead, etc.
5098 Some |filename-modifiers| can be applied to `%s` and `%t`. Only `:h`, `:t`,
5099 `:r`, and `:e` may be applied, other modifiers will be ignored. Filename
5100 modifiers can be applied to the format markers by placing them after them.
5103 'command': '%s:h %s:e %s:h:t',
5105 Given a path `/foo/baz/bar.txt`, the above command string will generate
5106 something akin to `'/foo/baz' 'txt' 'baz'`
5108 If a callback for a command generates part of a command string which might
5109 possibly contain `%%`, `%s`, `%t`, or `%e`, where the special formatting
5110 behavior is not desired, the |ale#command#EscapeCommandPart()| function can
5111 be used to replace those characters to avoid formatting issues.
5113 *ale-linter-loading-behavior*
5115 Linters for ALE will be loaded by searching |runtimepath| in the following
5118 ale_linters/<filetype>/<linter_name>.vim
5120 Any linters which exist anywhere in 'runtimepath' with that directory
5121 structure will be automatically loaded for the matching |filetype|. Filetypes
5122 containing `.` characters will be split into individual parts, and files
5123 will be loaded for each filetype between the `.` characters.
5125 Linters can be defined from vimrc and other files as long as this function
5126 is loaded first. For example, the following code will define a Hello World
5127 linter in vimrc in Vim 8: >
5129 " Plugins have to be loaded first.
5130 " If you are using a plugin manager, run that first.
5133 call ale#linter#Define('vim', {
5134 \ 'name': 'echo-test',
5135 \ 'executable': 'echo',
5136 \ 'command': 'echo hello world',
5137 \ 'callback': {buffer, lines -> map(lines, '{"text": v:val, "lnum": 1}')},
5141 ale#linter#Get(filetype) *ale#linter#Get()*
5143 Return all of linters configured for a given filetype as a |List| of
5144 |Dictionary| values in the format specified by |ale#linter#Define()|.
5146 Filetypes may be dot-separated to invoke linters for multiple filetypes:
5147 for instance, the filetype `javascript.jsx` will return linters for both the
5148 `javascript` and `jsx` filetype.
5150 Aliases may be defined in as described in |g:ale_linter_aliases|. Aliases
5151 are applied after dot-separated filetypes are broken up into their
5155 ale#linter#PreventLoading(filetype) *ale#linter#PreventLoading()*
5157 Given a `filetype`, prevent any more linters from being loaded from
5158 |runtimepath| for that filetype. This function can be called from vimrc or
5159 similar to prevent ALE from loading linters.
5161 *ale#lsp_linter#SendRequest()*
5162 ale#lsp_linter#SendRequest(buffer, linter_name, message, [Handler])
5164 Send a custom request to an LSP linter. The arguments are defined as
5167 `buffer` A valid buffer number.
5169 `linter_name` A |String| identifying an LSP linter that is available and
5170 enabled for the |filetype| of `buffer`.
5172 `message` A |List| in the form `[is_notification, method, parameters]`,
5173 containing three elements:
5174 `is_notification` - an |Integer| that has value 1 if the
5175 request is a notification, 0 otherwise;
5176 `method` - a |String|, identifying an LSP method supported
5178 `parameters` - a |dictionary| of LSP parameters that are
5179 applicable to `method`.
5181 `Handler` Optional argument, meaningful only when `message[0]` is 0.
5182 A |Funcref| that is called when a response to the request is
5183 received, and takes as unique argument a dictionary
5184 representing the response obtained from the server.
5186 *ale#other_source#ShowResults()*
5187 ale#other_source#ShowResults(buffer, linter_name, loclist)
5189 Show results from another source of information.
5191 `buffer` must be a valid buffer number, and `linter_name` must be a unique
5192 name for identifying another source of information. The `loclist` given
5193 where the problems in a buffer are, and should be provided in the format ALE
5194 uses for regular linter results. See |ale-loclist-format|.
5196 *ale#other_source#StartChecking()*
5197 ale#other_source#StartChecking(buffer, linter_name)
5199 Tell ALE that another source of information has started checking a buffer.
5201 `buffer` must be a valid buffer number, and `linter_name` must be a unique
5202 name for identifying another source of information.
5205 ale#statusline#Count(buffer) *ale#statusline#Count()*
5207 Given the number of a buffer which may have problems, return a |Dictionary|
5208 containing information about the number of problems detected by ALE. The
5209 following keys are supported:
5211 `error` -> The number of problems with type `E` and `sub_type != 'style'`
5212 `warning` -> The number of problems with type `W` and `sub_type != 'style'`
5213 `info` -> The number of problems with type `I`
5214 `style_error` -> The number of problems with type `E` and `sub_type == 'style'`
5215 `style_warning` -> The number of problems with type `W` and `sub_type == 'style'`
5216 `total` -> The total number of problems.
5219 ale#statusline#FirstProblem(buffer, type) *ale#statusline#FirstProblem()*
5221 Returns a copy of the first entry in the `loclist` that matches the supplied
5222 buffer number and problem type. If there is no such entry, an empty dictionary
5224 Problem type should be one of the strings listed below:
5226 `error` -> Returns the first `loclist` item with type `E` and
5227 `sub_type != 'style'`
5228 `warning` -> First item with type `W` and `sub_type != 'style'`
5229 `info` -> First item with type `I`
5230 `style_error` -> First item with type `E` and `sub_type == 'style'`
5231 `style_warning` -> First item with type `W` and `sub_type == 'style'`
5234 b:ale_linted *b:ale_linted*
5236 `b:ale_linted` is set to the number of times a buffer has been checked by
5237 ALE after all linters for one lint cycle have finished checking a buffer.
5238 This variable may not be defined until ALE first checks a buffer, so it
5239 should be accessed with |get()| or |getbufvar()|. For example: >
5241 " Print a message indicating how many times ALE has checked this buffer.
5242 echo 'ALE has checked this buffer ' . get(b:, 'ale_linted') . ' time(s).'
5243 " Print 'checked' using getbufvar() if a buffer has been checked.
5244 echo getbufvar(bufnr(''), 'ale_linted', 0) > 0 ? 'checked' : 'not checked'
5247 g:ale_want_results_buffer *g:ale_want_results_buffer*
5249 `g:ale_want_results_buffer` is set to the number of the buffer being checked
5250 when the |ALEWantResults| event is signaled. This variable should be read to
5251 figure out which buffer other sources should lint. This variable can be read
5252 in Lua scripts in the usual way via `vim.g.ale_want_results_buffer`.
5254 *ALECompletePost-autocmd*
5255 ALECompletePost *ALECompletePost*
5257 This |User| autocmd is triggered after ALE inserts an item on
5258 |CompleteDone|. This event can be used to run commands after a buffer
5259 is changed by ALE as the result of completion. For example, `:ALEFix` can
5260 be configured to run automatically when completion is done: >
5262 augroup FixAfterComplete
5264 " Run ALEFix when completion items are added.
5265 autocmd User ALECompletePost ALEFix!
5266 " If ALE starts fixing a file, stop linters running for now.
5267 autocmd User ALEFixPre ALELintStop
5270 *ALELintPre-autocmd*
5271 ALELintPre *ALELintPre*
5272 *ALELintPost-autocmd*
5273 ALELintPost *ALELintPost*
5275 ALEFixPre *ALEFixPre*
5276 *ALEFixPost-autocmd*
5277 ALEFixPost *ALEFixPost*
5279 These |User| autocommands are triggered before and after every lint or fix
5280 cycle. They can be used to update statuslines, send notifications, etc.
5281 The autocmd commands are run with |:silent|, so |:unsilent| is required for
5284 For example to change the color of the statusline while the linter is
5289 autocmd User ALELintPre hi Statusline ctermfg=darkgrey
5290 autocmd User ALELintPost hi Statusline ctermfg=NONE
5293 Or to display the progress in the statusline: >
5295 let s:ale_running = 0
5296 let l:stl .= '%{s:ale_running ? "[linting]" : ""}'
5299 autocmd User ALELintPre let s:ale_running = 1 | redrawstatus
5300 autocmd User ALELintPost let s:ale_running = 0 | redrawstatus
5303 *ALEJobStarted-autocmd*
5304 ALEJobStarted *ALEJobStarted*
5306 This |User| autocommand is triggered immediately after a job is successfully
5307 run. This provides better accuracy for checking linter status with
5308 |ale#engine#IsCheckingBuffer()| over |ALELintPre-autocmd|, which is actually
5309 triggered before any linters are executed.
5311 *ALELSPStarted-autocmd*
5312 ALELSPStarted *ALELSPStarted*
5314 This |User| autocommand is triggered immediately after an LSP connection is
5315 successfully initialized. This provides a way to perform any additional
5316 initialization work, such as setting up buffer-level mappings.
5318 *ALEWantResults-autocmd*
5319 ALEWantResults *ALEWantResults*
5321 This |User| autocommand is triggered before ALE begins a lint cycle. Another
5322 source can respond by calling |ale#other_source#StartChecking()|, and
5323 |ALELintPre| will be signaled thereafter, to allow other plugins to know
5324 that another source is checking the buffer.
5326 |g:ale_want_results_buffer| will be set to the number for a buffer being
5327 checked when the event is signaled, and deleted after the event is done.
5328 This variable should be read to know which buffer to check.
5330 Other plugins can use this event to start checking buffers when ALE events
5331 for checking buffers are triggered.
5334 ===============================================================================
5335 10. Special Thanks *ale-special-thanks*
5337 Special thanks to Mark Grealish (https://www.bhalash.com/) for providing ALE's
5338 snazzy looking ale glass logo. Cheers, Mark!
5341 ===============================================================================
5342 11. Contact *ale-contact*
5344 If you like this plugin, and wish to get in touch, check out the GitHub
5345 page for issues and more at https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale
5347 If you wish to contact the author of this plugin directly, please feel
5348 free to send an email to devw0rp@gmail.com.
5350 Please drink responsibly, or not at all, which is ironically the preference
5351 of w0rp, who is teetotal.
5354 ===============================================================================
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