Linter

Lint your code with ease in Atom.

The idea is to stop the linter plugins war, by providing a top level API for linters to parse and display errors in the Atom editor.

Available linters

for JavaScript

• linter-jshint, for JavaScript and JSON, using jshint
• linter-jscs, for JavaScript, using jscs
• linter-jsxhint, for JSX (React.js), using jsxhint
• linter-eslint, for JavaScript, using eslint
• linter-gjslint, for JavaScript, using gjslint
• linter-flow, for JavaScript, using flow

for CoffeeScript

• linter-coffeelint, for CoffeeScript, using coffeelint

for Typescript

• linter-tslint, for Typescript, using tslint

for Dart

• linter-dartanalyzer, for Dart using dartanalyzer

for LiveScript

• linter-lsc, for LiveScript, using lsc -a

for Ruby and Ruby on Rails

• linter-rubocop, for Ruby and Ruby on Rails, using rubocop
• linter-ruby, for Ruby, using ruby -wc
• linter-erb, for .erb files, using erb -x
• linter-haml, for .haml files, using haml-lint

for PHP

• linter-php, for PHP using php -l
• linter-phpcs, for PHP, using phpc
• linter-phpmd, for PHP, using phpmd

for Python

• linter-pylint, for Python, using pylint
• linter-pyflakes, for Python, using pyflakes
• linter-pep8, for Python, using pep8.
• linter-flake8, for Python, using flake8
• linter-pylama, for Python, using pylama

for Java

• linter-javac, for Java, using javac

for CSS / SASS / SCSS / LESS

• linter-scss-lint, for SASS/SCSS, using scss-lint
• linter-less, for LESS, using less
• linter-csslint, for CSS, using csslint

for XML

• linter-xmllint, for XML, using xmllint

for Bash

• linter-shellcheck, for Bash, using shellcheck

for Scala

• linter-scalac, for Scala, using scalac

for C / C++

• linter-clang, for C / C++, using clang
• linter-cpplint, for C++, using cpplint

for Lua

• linter-lua, for Lua, using luac -p

for Clojure

• linter-clojure, for Clojure, using clojure

for Puppet

• linter-puppet-lint, for Puppet, using puppet-lint

for Yaml

• linter-js-yaml, for Yaml, using js-yaml

for Haskell

• linter-hlint, for Haskell files, using hlint

for HTML / Bootstrap

• linter-bootlint, for Bootstrap HTML, using bootlint
• linter-tidy, for HTML, using tidy
• linter-htmlhint, for html, using htmlhint

for Squirrel

• linter-squirrel, for squirrel, using squirrel-compiler

for CoDScript

• linter-codscriptizer, for CoDScript, using codscriptizer -l

for harbour

• linter-harbour, for Harbour, using harbour

for Rust

• linter-rust, for Rust, using rustc

for Elixir

• linter-elixirc, for Elixir, using elixirc

for Erlang

• linter-erlc, for Erlang, using erlc

for ActionScript/Flash/Flex/AIR

• linter-flexpmd,for ActionScript/Flash/Flex/AIR, using flexpmd

Features

• Lint on edit – Instant error reporting for you! (And it's fast!)
• Modular – You install only the linters you need.
• Active – New linters are out every week.

Installation

1. $ apm install linter – Install the main package.
2. $ apm install linter-jshint – Install the linter you need, here jshint.

Configuration

• Lint on save [On / Off] - Lint the file when you save it
• Lint on change [On / Off] - Lint the file as you type
• Show highlighting [On / Off] - Highlight the range of wrong code
• Show gutters: [On / Off] - Show dot in the gutter on line error
• Show messages around cursor [On / Off] - Show error description in the status bar
• Show status bar when cursor is in error range [On / Off] - Either show status bar when the cursor is on the error line, or show it when the cursor is focus the range of wrong code
• Show error inline [On / Off] - Shows the error or warning message next to the code as opposed to in the status bar.
• Lint on change interval [in ms] - Interval between two lints while you are writing code

Common errors

• npm ERR! code ENOGIT - You need to install git before installing linter. See #114.
• env: node: No such file or directory – There's a problem with your node path – check this.
• spawn ENOENT or spawn ENOTDIR - A linter can't find a path to the executable. Try starting Atom from a shell via atom to make sure it gets your PATH. See also #102, #150.

Documentation

http://atomlinter.github.io/Linter/

Coming soon

• linter-pep257, for python, using pep257.
• linter-rst, for reStructuredText, using docutils.
• linter-phplint, for PHP, using phplint.
• linter-jsl, for JavaScript, using jsl.
• linter-oclitnt, for C / C++ / Objective-C, using OCLint.

Contributing

If you're going to submit a pull request, please try to follow the official contribution guidelines of Atom.

You need nodejs and grunt-cli installed before contributing. Run bower install node then npm install -g grunt-cli.

Also, run $ grunt dev before any submission and while developing, it will achieves severals tasks:

• Compile and lint the CoffeeScript files
• Lint the stylesheets
• Lint any trailing spaces and ensure new line at end of file

You can generate the doc with $ grunt doc, it will open in your default browser.

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