[Geany-Users] can't find linter

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Fri Oct 18 22:40:01 UTC 2019


On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 05:08, <bendov at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> a good while back I asked about a linter for Geany (CSS syntax checker /
> reporter).
> I've looked off / on for months - & so far found nothing mentioned to
> work in Geany.

Any linter should work if it can be run as a command, linting is not a
Geany specific activity.

>
> It's very possible one(s) may exist & I don't have the knowledge to
> build it in.  I didn't find any instructions (that I understood) to
> include a linter in a Geany build or if one existed (would work in Geany).

Linters are normally added as build commands which are totally user
configurable, even has a GUI.

>
> Definitely didn't find any such plugins.
>
> If one exists, I might need pointing toward detailed steps - if the only
> ones that would work have to be added to a build of Geany. I've done a
> few simple builds, but never including 3rd party apps.

See the manual and the wiki.

>
> I don't use Windows anymore, but Notepad++ (Windows only) shows one
> checker style linter plugin, that uses csslint & others besides just for
> CSS.
> "homepage": "https://github.com/deadem/notepad-pp-linter"
> Part description:  "...realtime code check against any
> checkstyle-compatible linter:... csslint and many others."

No CSS users have contributed a default linter command so there is none.

Cheers
Lex

>
> Thanks.
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