Before: Save g:ale_echo_cursor Save g:ale_fix_on_save Save g:ale_fixers Save g:ale_lint_on_save Save g:ale_set_highlights Save g:ale_set_lists_synchronously Save g:ale_set_loclist Save g:ale_set_quickfix Save g:ale_set_signs let g:ale_run_synchronously = 1 let g:ale_set_lists_synchronously = 1 " Disable the things we don't need, but leave enabled what we do. let g:ale_echo_cursor = 0 let g:ale_set_signs = 0 let g:ale_set_quickfix = 0 let g:ale_set_loclist = 1 let g:ale_set_highlights = 0 let g:ale_echo_cursor = 0 function! TestCallback(buffer, output) return [{'lnum': 1, 'col': 1, 'text': 'xxx'}] endfunction function AddLine(buffer, done, lines) abort return a:lines + ['x'] endfunction let g:ale_fixers = { \ 'testft': ['AddLine'], \} call ale#linter#PreventLoading('testft') call ale#linter#Define('testft', { \ 'name': 'testlinter', \ 'callback': 'TestCallback', \ 'executable': has('win32') ? 'cmd' : 'true', \ 'command': 'true', \}) Given testft (An empty file): After: Restore unlet! g:ale_run_synchronously unlet! b:ale_quitting delfunction TestCallback delfunction AddLine call ale#linter#Reset() call setloclist(0, []) Execute(No linting should be done on :wq or :x): let g:ale_lint_on_save = 1 let g:ale_fix_on_save = 0 " First try just the SaveEvent, to be sure that we set errors in the test. call ale#events#SaveEvent(bufnr('')) AssertEqual 1, len(ale#test#GetLoclistWithoutModule()) " Now try doing it again, but where we run the quit event first. call setloclist(0, []) call ale#events#QuitEvent(bufnr('')) call ale#events#SaveEvent(bufnr('')) AssertEqual [], ale#test#GetLoclistWithoutModule() Execute(No linting should be for :w after :q fails): let g:ale_lint_on_save = 1 let g:ale_fix_on_save = 0 call ale#events#QuitEvent(bufnr('')) " Simulate 2 seconds passing. let b:ale_quitting -= 1000 call ale#events#SaveEvent(bufnr('')) AssertEqual 1, len(ale#test#GetLoclistWithoutModule()) Execute(No linting should be done on :wq or :x after fixing files): let g:ale_lint_on_save = 0 let g:ale_fix_on_save = 1 call ale#events#SaveEvent(bufnr('')) AssertEqual 1, len(ale#test#GetLoclistWithoutModule()) " Now try doing it again, but where we run the quit event first. call setloclist(0, []) call ale#events#QuitEvent(bufnr('')) call ale#events#SaveEvent(bufnr('')) AssertEqual [], ale#test#GetLoclistWithoutModule() Execute(Linting should be done after :q fails and fixing files): let g:ale_lint_on_save = 0 let g:ale_fix_on_save = 1 call ale#events#QuitEvent(bufnr('')) " Simulate 2 seconds passing. let b:ale_quitting -= 1000 call ale#events#SaveEvent(bufnr('')) AssertEqual 1, len(ale#test#GetLoclistWithoutModule())