Add Elixir linter for dialyxir (#1257)

* Add Elixir linter for dialyxir

* Update doc/ale.txt with dialyxir

* Keep elixir tools alphabetically ordered in README

* Add a missing entry for dialyxir to the main documentation file.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

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+" Author: Fran C. - https://github.com/franciscoj
+" Description: Add dialyzer support for elixir through dialyxir
+" https://github.com/jeremyjh/dialyxir
+
+function! ale_linters#elixir#dialyxir#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
+    " Matches patterns line the following:
+    "
+    " lib/filename.ex:19: Function fname/1 has no local return
+    let l:pattern = '\v(.+):(\d+): (.+)$'
+    let l:output = []
+    let l:type = 'W'
+
+    for l:match in ale#util#GetMatches(a:lines, l:pattern)
+        if bufname(a:buffer) == l:match[1]
+            call add(l:output, {
+            \   'bufnr': a:buffer,
+            \   'lnum': l:match[2] + 0,
+            \   'col': 0,
+            \   'type': l:type,
+            \   'text': l:match[3],
+            \})
+        endif
+    endfor
+
+    return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('elixir', {
+\   'name': 'dialyxir',
+\   'executable': 'mix',
+\   'command': 'mix dialyzer',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#elixir#dialyxir#Handle',
+\})
+