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Linter/Fixer

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#9 opened on Sep 8, 2020

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Description

What? Basically https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale, but only linter and fixer. Other things are already implemented via lsp.

Why? Linting is a thing that runs almost constantly, especially when real time execution is enabled. I believe having it in lua would improve the performance.

Potential existing implementations:

Potential pitfalls: Migrating all linter/fixer implementations that exist in ale, from vimscript to lua. Guess it can be done slowly over time.

I'm not a lua developer, but I can definitely help on this.

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Research direction
Study the architecture of ALE and similar plugins, and outline a plan for a Lua based linter/fixer plugin for Neovim.
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developer experience
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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LuaNeovim plugin development
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50