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vim-ale/vim-syntastic
AJ ONeal 0861ebc8b8 ref(releases.conf): collapse source/owner/repo into single keys
Source type is now inferred from the primary key:
  github_repo = owner/repo   (was source=github + owner + repo)
  git_url = https://...      (was source=gittag + url)
  gitea_repo = owner/repo    (was source=gitea + owner + repo)
  hashicorp_product = name   (was source=hashicorp + product)

One-off dist sources (nodedist, zigdist, etc.) keep the explicit
source= key since they're already one-liners.

Parser still accepts the old format via the default fallback branch.
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title, homepage, tagline
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vim-syntastic https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic Syntastic runs files through external syntax checkers and displays any resulting errors to the user.

Updating vim-syntastic

webi vim-syntastic

Files

These are the files / directories that are created and/or modified with this install:

~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/vim-syntastic/

Cheat Sheet

vim-syntastic has been superseded by ALE, but it lives on in my heart, my .vim, and my .vimrc.

How to install manually

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic.git ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/vim-syntastic

How to configure in .vimrc

.vimrc:

" manually set plugin to use bash - not zsh, fish, etc
set shell=bash

" add this if packages don't load automatically
" or remove it otherwise
packloadall

" turn on the syntax checker
syntax on

" don't check syntax immediately on open or on quit
let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1
let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0

How to configure language-specific linters

let g:syntastic_javascript_checkers = ['jshint']
let g:syntastic_go_checkers = ['go', 'golint', 'errcheck']