Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('tex', 'alex') call ale#test#SetFilename('test_file.tex') After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The global executable should be used when the local one cannot be found): AssertLinter 'alex', \ ale#Escape('alex') . ' %s --text', Execute(Should use the node_modules/.bin executable, if available): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/alex/node-modules/test_file.tex') AssertLinter ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../test-files/alex/node-modules/node_modules/.bin/alex'), \ ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../test-files/alex/node-modules/node_modules/.bin/alex')) \ . ' %s --text', Execute(Should use the node_modules/alex executable, if available): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/alex/node-modules-2/test_file.tex') AssertLinter ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../test-files/alex/node-modules-2/node_modules/alex/cli.js'), \ (has('win32') ? 'node.exe ' : '') \ . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../test-files/alex/node-modules-2/node_modules/alex/cli.js')) \ . ' %s --text', Execute(Should let users configure a global executable and override local paths): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/write-good/node-modules-2/test_file.tex') let g:ale_alex_executable = '/path/to/custom/alex' let g:ale_alex_use_global = 1 AssertLinter '/path/to/custom/alex', \ ale#Escape('/path/to/custom/alex') . ' %s --text'