Before: Save g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 1 runtime! ale/handlers/yamllint.vim After: Restore unlet! b:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace call ale#linter#Reset() Execute(Problems should be parsed correctly for yamllint): AssertEqual \ [ \ { \ 'lnum': 1, \ 'col': 1, \ 'type': 'W', \ 'text': 'missing document start "---"', \ 'code': 'document-start', \ }, \ { \ 'lnum': 2, \ 'col': 1, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'text': 'syntax error: expected the node content, but found ''''', \ }, \ ], \ ale#handlers#yamllint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ 'something.yaml:1:1: [warning] missing document start "---" (document-start)', \ 'something.yml:2:1: [error] syntax error: expected the node content, but found ''''', \ ]) Execute(The yamllint handler should respect ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace): AssertEqual \ [ \ { \ 'lnum': 5, \ 'col': 18, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'text': 'trailing spaces', \ 'code': 'trailing-spaces', \ }, \ ], \ ale#handlers#yamllint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ 'something.yml:5:18: [error] trailing spaces (trailing-spaces)', \ ]) let b:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 0 AssertEqual \ [ \ ], \ ale#handlers#yamllint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ 'something.yml:5:18: [error] trailing spaces (trailing-spaces)', \ ])