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authortaylorskalyo <taylorskalyo@users.noreply.github.com>2017-03-30 18:21:37 -0400
committerw0rp <w0rp@users.noreply.github.com>2017-03-30 23:21:37 +0100
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Add options to facilitate linting only in normal mode (#425)
* [#420] Add options to facilitate linting only in normal mode ale_lint_on_text_changed: Allow setting to 'insert' or 'normal' to lint when text is changed only in insert or normal mode respectively. ale_lint_on_insert_leave: This flag can be set to 1 to enable linting when leaving insert mode. * [#420] Test updated global options Ale should - bind to TextChanged events when g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 1 - bind to TextChanged events when g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'always' - bind to InsertLeave event when g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave = 1
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diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index af8e39d3..4aac58c0 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ g:ale_lint_delay *g:ale_lint_delay*
This variable controls the milliseconds delay after which the linters will
be run after text is changed. This option is only meaningful with the
- |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed| variable set to `1`.
+ |g:ale_lint_on_text_changed| variable set to `always`, `insert`, or `normal`.
g:ale_lint_on_enter *g:ale_lint_on_enter*
@@ -325,17 +325,27 @@ g:ale_lint_on_save *g:ale_lint_on_save*
g:ale_lint_on_text_changed *g:ale_lint_on_text_changed*
- Type: |Number|
- Default: `1`
+ Type: |String|
+ Default: `always`
By default, ALE will check files with the various supported programs when
text is changed by using the |TextChanged| event. If this behaviour is not
- desired, then this option can be disabled by setting it to 0. The
+ desired, then this option can be disabled by setting it to `never`. The
|g:ale_lint_delay| variable will be used to set a |timer_start()| on a
delay, and each change to a file will continue to call |timer_stop()| and
|timer_start()| repeatedly until the timer ticks by, and the linters will be
run. The checking of files will run in the background, so it should not
- inhibit editing files.
+ inhibit editing files. This option can also be set to `insert` or `normal`
+ to lint when text is changed only in insert or normal mode respectively.
+
+
+g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave *g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave*
+
+ Type: |Number|
+ Default: `0`
+
+ This option will make ALE run the linters whenever leaving insert mode when
+ it it set to `1` in your vimrc file.
g:ale_linter_aliases *g:ale_linter_aliases*