flymake-flycheck.el: use any Emacs flycheck checker as a flymake backend
WARNING: EARLY PREVIEW CODE, SUBJECT TO CHANGE
This package provides support for running any flycheck checker as a flymake diagnostic backend. The effect is that flymake will control when the checker runs, and flymake will receive its errors.
For example, to enable a couple of flycheck checkers in a bash buffer, the following code is sufficient:
(setq-local flymake-diagnostic-functions
(list (flymake-flycheck-diagnostic-function-for 'sh-shellcheck)
(flymake-flycheck-diagnostic-function-for 'sh-posix-bash)))In order to add diagnostic functions for all checkers that are available in the current buffer, you can use:
(setq-local flymake-diagnostic-functions (flymake-flycheck-all-chained-diagnostic-functions))but note that this will disable any existing flymake diagnostic backends.
Caveats
- Flycheck UI packages will have no idea of what the checkers are doing, because they are run without flycheck's coordination.
- Flycheck's notion of "chained checkers" is not handled automatically, so although multiple chained checkers can be used, they will all be executed simultaneously even if earlier checkers fail. This could either be considered a feature, or lead to redundant confusing messages.
Installation
Installable packages are available via MELPA: do
M-x package-install RET flymake-flycheck RET.
Alternatively, download
the latest release or clone the repository, and install
flymake-flycheck.el with M-x package-install-file.
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