--- /dev/null
+===============================================================================
+ALE Perl Integration *ale-perl-options*
+
+ALE offers a few ways to check Perl code. Checking code with `perl` is
+disabled by default, as `perl` code cannot be checked without executing it.
+Specifically, we use the `-c` flag to see if `perl` code compiles. This does
+not execute all of the code in a file, but it does run `BEGIN` and `CHECK`
+blocks. See `perl --help` and https://stackoverflow.com/a/12908487/406224
+
+See |g:ale_linters|.
+
+
+===============================================================================
+perl *ale-perl-perl*
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perl_executable*
+ *g:ale_perl_perl_executable*
+ *b:ale_perl_perl_executable*
+perl_perl_executable
+g:ale_perl_perl_executable
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `'perl'`
+
+ This variable can be changed to modify the executable used for linting perl.
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perl_options*
+ *g:ale_perl_perl_options*
+ *b:ale_perl_perl_options*
+perl_perl_options
+g:ale_perl_perl_options
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `'-c -Mwarnings -Ilib'`
+
+ This variable can be changed to alter the command-line arguments to the perl
+ invocation.
+
+
+===============================================================================
+perlcritic *ale-perl-perlcritic*
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perlcritic_executable*
+ *g:ale_perl_perlcritic_executable*
+ *b:ale_perl_perlcritic_executable*
+perl_perlcritic_executable
+g:ale_perl_perlcritic_executable
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `'perlcritic'`
+
+ This variable can be changed to modify the perlcritic executable used for
+ linting perl.
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perlcritic_profile*
+ *g:ale_perl_perlcritic_profile*
+ *b:ale_perl_perlcritic_profile*
+perl_perlcritic_profile
+g:ale_perl_perlcritic_profile
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `'.perlcriticrc'`
+
+ This variable can be changed to modify the perlcritic profile used for
+ linting perl. The current directory is checked for the file, then the
+ parent directory, etc, until it finds one. If no matching file is found, no
+ profile is passed to perlcritic.
+
+ Set to an empty string to disable passing a specific profile to perlcritic
+ with the `'--profile'` option.
+
+ To prevent perlcritic from using any profile, set this variable to an empty
+ string and pass `'--no-profile'`to perlcritic via the
+ |g:ale_perl_perlcritic_options| variable.
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perlcritic_options*
+ *g:ale_perl_perlcritic_options*
+ *b:ale_perl_perlcritic_options*
+perl_perlcritic_options
+g:ale_perl_perlcritic_options
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `''`
+
+ This variable can be changed to supply additional command-line arguments to
+ the perlcritic invocation.
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perlcritic_showrules*
+ *g:ale_perl_perlcritic_showrules*
+perl_perlcritic_showrules
+g:ale_perl_perlcritic_showrules
+ Type: |Number|
+ Default: `0`
+
+ Controls whether perlcritic rule names are shown after the error message.
+ Defaults to off to reduce length of message.
+
+
+===============================================================================
+perltidy *ale-perl-perltidy*
+
+ *ale-options.perl_perltidy_options*
+ *g:ale_perl_perltidy_options*
+ *b:ale_perl_perltidy_options*
+perl_perltidy_options
+g:ale_perl_perltidy_options
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `''`
+
+ This variable can be changed to alter the command-line arguments to
+ the perltidy invocation.
+
+
+===============================================================================
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