Adds hdl_checker LSP support (#2804)

* Added hdl_checker support
* Added hdl_checker tests

HDL Checker searches for files when no config file is found, which could lead to very long searches when the user is not really on a project setting

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ale-verilog.txt b/doc/ale-verilog.txt
index 94b820b8..01af63c2 100644
--- a/doc/ale-verilog.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-verilog.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ ALE Verilog/SystemVerilog Integration                     *ale-verilog-options*
 
 
 ===============================================================================
-ALE can use four different linters for Verilog HDL:
+ALE can use five different linters for Verilog HDL:
+
+  HDL Checker
+    Using `hdl_checker --lsp`
 
   iverilog:
     Using `iverilog -t null -Wall`
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@ defining 'g:ale_linters' variable:
     \ let g:ale_linters = {'systemverilog' : ['verilator'],}
 <
 
+===============================================================================
+General notes
+
 Linters/compilers that utilize a "work" directory for analyzing designs- such
 as ModelSim and Vivado- can be passed the location of these directories as
 part of their respective option strings listed below. This is useful for
@@ -40,6 +46,16 @@ changing. This can happen in the form of hangs or crashes. To help prevent
 this when using these linters, it may help to run linting less frequently; for
 example, only when a file is saved.
 
+HDL Checker is an alternative for some of the issues described above. It wraps
+around ghdl, Vivado and ModelSim/Questa and, when using the latter, it can
+handle mixed language (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog) designs.
+
+===============================================================================
+hdl-checker                                           *ale-verilog-hdl-checker*
+
+See |ale-vhdl-hdl-checker|
+
+
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 iverilog                                                 *ale-verilog-iverilog*