# your linter should output in this format: # {filename}:{line}:{column}: {kind}: {message} decl str lintcmd decl -hidden line-flags lint_flags decl -hidden str lint_errors def lint -docstring 'Parse the current buffer with a linter' %{ %sh{ dir=$(mktemp -d -t kak-lint.XXXXXXXX) mkfifo "$dir"/fifo printf '%s\n' "eval -no-hooks write $dir/buf" printf '%s\n' "eval -draft %{ edit! -fifo $dir/fifo *lint-output* set buffer filetype make set buffer _make_current_error_line 0 hook -group fifo buffer BufCloseFifo .* %{ nop %sh{ rm -r '$dir' } rmhooks buffer fifo } }" { # do the parsing in the background and when ready send to the session eval "$kak_opt_lintcmd '$dir'/buf" > "$dir"/stderr printf '%s\n' "eval -client $kak_client echo 'linting done'" | kak -p "$kak_session" # Flags for the gutter: # line3|{red}:line11|{yellow} # Contextual error messages: # l1,c1,err1 # ln,cn,err2 awk -F: -v file="$kak_buffile" -v stamp="$kak_timestamp" ' /:[0-9]+:[0-9]+: ([Ff]atal )?[Ee]rror/ { flags = flags $2 "|{red}█:" } /:[0-9]+:[0-9]+:/ { if ($4 !~ /[Ee]rror/) { flags = flags $2 "|{yellow}█:" } } /:[0-9]+:[0-9]+:/ { errors = errors $2 "," $3 "," substr($4,2) ":" # fix case where $5 is not the last field because of extra :s in the message for (i=5; i<=NF; i++) errors = errors $i ":" errors = substr(errors, 1, length(errors)-1) "\n" } END { print "set \"buffer=" file "\" lint_flags %{" stamp ":" substr(flags, 1, length(flags)-1) "}" print "set \"buffer=" file "\" lint_errors %{" substr(errors, 1, length(errors)-1) "}" } ' "$dir"/stderr | kak -p "$kak_session" cut -d: -f2- "$dir"/stderr | sed "s@^@$kak_bufname:@" > "$dir"/fifo } >/dev/null 2>&1