Changelog

Deprecation Note

Syntastic is no longer maintained.

Development version

Core changes

• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added twigcs checker for Twig templates (@Ciloe)
• Added sorbet checker for Ruby files (@tomm)
• Added shfmt linter for sh (@lcd047)
• Renamed perl6 to raku (@lcd047)
• Removed the lint checker for Julia (@lcd047)
• Removed the valac checker for Vala (@lcd047)

3.10.0

Core changes

• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added golangci_lint linter aggregator for Go (@elvis)
• Added remark_lint style checker for Markdown (@pixelastic)
• Added lynt linter for JavaScript and TypeScript (@lcd047)
• Added checker validator for SVG and xHTML (@kevinoid)
• Added checker w3 for SVG and xHTML (@kevinoid)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.9.0

Core changes

• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added dscanner checker for D files (@ANtlord)
• Added solium checker for Solidity files (@mvdbos)
• Added hadolint checker for dockerfiles (@jbro)
• Added lint checker for Julia files (@lcd047)
• Added dennis checker for gettext PO files (@lcd047)
• Added bandit security linter for Python (@lcd047)
• Added cppclean checker for C and C++ (@lcd047)
• Added flawfinder checker for C and C++ (@lcd047)
• Added cmakelint checker for CMake (@lcd047)
• Added phpstan checker for PHP (@przepompownia)
• Added coffee_jshint checker for CoffeeScript (@talos)
• Added pug_lint_vue checker for Vue.js (@pixelastic)
• Added perl6 checker for Perl 6 (@nxadm)
• Added solhint checker for Solidity (@sohkai)
• Minimum version required for flow is now 0.34.0 (@lcd047)
• Cleared defaults for config file names, for security reasons (cf. CVE-2018-11319) (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.8.0

Core changes

• New option g:syntastic_nested_autocommands (@lcd047)
• New flag g:syntastic_auto_loc_list = 3 (@jasontibbitts)
• Refactor registry code to allow running checkers for "foreign" filetypes (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added basex checker for XQuery (@james-jw)
• Added iverilog checker for Verilog (@Psidium)
• Added stylelint checker for CSS (@pixelastic)
• Added vcom checker for VHDL (@jevogel)
• Added ansible_lint checker for Ansible playbooks (@erikzaadi)
• Added dockerfile_lint checker for Dockerfile (@pixelastic)
• Added slim_lint style checker for Slim (@justCxx)
• Added lintr checker for R (@jimhester)
• Added mixedindentlint indentation checker (@sirbrillig)
• Added yamllint checker for YAML (@adrienverge)
• Added textlint natural language linter for text, Markdown, and HTML (@lcd047)
• Added pyang validator for YANG data models (@jdowner)
• Added rapper checker for RDF Turtle and RDF TriG (@seebi)
• Added ttl checker for RDF Turtle (@selliera)
• Added eslint checker for JavaScript in HTML files (@lcd047)
• Added sass_lint checker for SASS and SCSS (@lcd047)
• Added tern_lint checker for JavaScript (@lcd047)
• Added iasl checker for ASL (@Lekensteyn)
• Added avrgcc checker for AVR C++ sources (@sentinelt)
• Added htmlhint checker for HTML (@lcd047)
• Added proselint checker for text files (@lcd047 and the Proselint team)
• Renamed jade_lint to pug_lint (@acidjazz)
• Renamed pep257 to pydocstyle (@rmk135)
• Renamed pep8 to pycodestyle (@lcd047)
• Dropped support for ghc-mod versions 5.4.0 and later (@lcd047)
• Disabled the racket checker by default, for security reasons (@lcd047)
• Moved checker docs from the wiki to the manual (@lcd047)
• Removed the tsc checker for TypeScript (@lcd047)
• Removed the ghc_mod checker for Haskell (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.7.0

Core changes

• Cleaner handling of checker versions
• Allow user to re-define g:syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_exec if the checker has already been used (@lcd047)
• New option g:syntastic_shell (@lcd047)
• New flags for stl_format: %ne, %nw, %N, %pe, %pw, %P (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added standard checker for JavaScript (@lcd047)
• Added smlnj checker for Standard ML '97 (@lcd047)
• Added vint checker for VimL (@lcd047)
• Added drafter checker for API Blueprint (@lcd047)
• Added mmc checker for Mercury (@jrahm)
• Added vera++ checker for C++ (@Phyks)
• Added nix checker for Nix (@gfxmonk)
• Added sphinx checker for Sphinx (@bukzor)
• Added sqlint checker for SQL (@purcell)
• Added flog checker for Ruby (@pixelastic)
• Added stylint checker for Stylus (@lcd047)
• Added qmllint checker for QML (@Lekensteyn)
• Added jade_lint checker for Jade (@benjaminparnell)
• Added gometalinter checker for Go (@joshuarubin)
• The gfortran checker now supports Intel Fortran (@omni-vi)
• Removed the shellcheck checker for zsh (@srstevenson)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.6.0

Core changes

• New option g:syntastic_exit_checks (@lcd047)
• New option b:syntastic_skip_checks (@lcd047)
• New options b:syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_exec and b:syntastic_<checker>_exec (@lcd047)
• New postprocess function guards (@lcd047)
• New options g:syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_sort (@lcd047)
• New option b:syntastic_mode (@lcd047)
• New jump mode for g:syntastic_auto_jump (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added pc_lint checker for C and C++ (@2sb18)
• Added scalastyle checker for Scala (@lcd047)
• Added rpmlint checker for Linux RPM spec files (@lcd047)
• Added mypy static type checker for Python (@RussHewgill)
• Added mdl style checker for Markdown (@eToThePiIPower)
• Added igor checker from DocBook SGML, nroff, and text (@lcd047)
• Added rnv checker for Relax NG (@remko)
• Added option for closurecompiler: g:syntastic_javascript_closurecompiler_script (@bjpbakker)
• Added bashate checker for Bash scripts (@aswna)
• Added prospector checker for Python projects (@lcd047)
• Added reek checker for Ruby (@mmozuras)
• Added flow checker for JavaScript (@faceleg)
• Added luacheck checker for Lua (@tbastos)
• Added option for python: g:syntastic_python_python_use_codec (@delfick)
• Removed the avrgcc checker for Arduino (@lcd047)
• Removed the g:syntastic_java_javac_temp_dir option from javac (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.5.0

Core changes

• New option g:syntastic_sort_aggregated_errors (@lcd047)
• New syntax highlight groups SyntasticStyleError and SyntasticStyleWarning (@kovidgoyal)
• Lazy calls to the IsAvailable() functions (@lcd047)
• New option g:syntastic_cursor_columns (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added lint checker for R (@lcd047)
• Added svtools checker for R (@lcd047)
• Added scan checker for Haskell (@lcd047)
• Added plutil checker for OS X and iOS plists (@lcd047)
• Added tslint checker for TypeScript (@swook)
• Added recess checker for LESS and CSS (@pixelastic)
• Added bro checker for Bro (@JustinAzoff)
• Added cabal checker for Haskell Cabal files (@ianbollinger)
• Added sassc checker for SASS and SCSS (@lcd047)
• Removed the rustc checker for Rust, now part of the Rust compiler package (@lcd047)
• Added avrgcc checker for Arduino's ino and pde files (@lcd047)
• Disabled the elixir checker by default, for security reasons (lcd047)
• Added clang_check and clang_tidy checkers for C and C++ (@bbannier)
• Added phplint checker for PHP (@lcd047)
• A number of checker variables have been marked as deprecated (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.4.0

Core changes

• Removed g:syntastic_delayed_redraws (@lcd047)
• New options *_before and *_after for makeprgBuild() (@lcd047)
• New jump mode for g:syntastic_auto_jump (@lcd047)
• New buffer-local user variables b:syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_<option> (@lcd047)
• Overhaul of the checker registry (@lcd047)
• Speed optimisations (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Disabled the perl checker by default, for security reasons (lcd047)
• Removed support for YouCompleteMe (@lcd047)
• Added vimlint checker for VimL (@lcd047)
• Added bemhtmllint checker for BEMHTML (@SevInf)
• Added frosted checker for Python (@sergeybe)
• Added code-ayatollah checker for Racket (@lcd047)
• Added makeinfo checker for texinfo (@lcd047)
• Added avrgcc checker for AVR sources (@karel-)
• Added gcc checker for AT&T and Intel assembly files (@jrahm)
• Added syntaxerl checker for Erlang (@locojay)
• Added jsxhint checker for JSX (@thomasboyt)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.3.0

Core changes

• Overhaul of the checker infrastructure (@lcd047)
• More detailed debugging (@lcd047)
• New command :SyntasticSetLoclist (@lcd047)
• :SyntasticCheck now accepts multiple parameters (@lcd047)
• :SyntasticInfo now takes an optional argument (@lcd047)
• Option syntastic_quiet_warnings is now deprecated (@lcd047)
• New options syntastic_quiet_messages and syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_quiet_messages (@lcd047)
• Speed optimisations (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added cppcheck checker for C/C++ (@lcd047)
• Added eslint checker for JavaScript (@maksimr)
• Added yamlxs checker for YAML (@colinmkeith)
• Added msgfmt checker for .po files (@syucream)
• Added limbo checker for Limbo (@powerman)
• Added racket checker for Racket (@2sb18)
• Added flex checker for Lex (@lcd047)
• Added bison checker for YACC (@lcd047)
• Added mxmlc checker for ActionScript (@andyearnshaw)
• Added cgc checker for GLSL (@jrahm)
• Added rstcheck checker for reStructuredText (@myint)
• Added gotype checker for Go (@neeee)
• Added haml_lint checker for HAML (@sds)
• Rework of the python checker (@lcd047)
• New command :SyntasticJavacEditConfig for javac (@troydm)
• Added language_check grammar checker (@myint)
• Added jscs checker for JavaScript (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.2.0

Core changes

• Allow g:syntastic_filetype_map to apply to composite filetypes (@lcd047)
• Re-read g:syntastic_mode_map at each attempted check (@lcd047)
• New config variable g:syntastic_delayed_redraws (@lcd047)
• New config variable g:syntastic_id_checkers (@lcd047)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added swiffer checker for Dust.js (@smfoote)
• Rework of the gcc checkers (@lcd047)
• Rework of the perl checker (@lcd047)
• Added handlebars checker for Handlebars (@mutewinter)
• Added foodcritic checker for Chef (@dougireton)
• Added rubylint checker for Ruby (@YorickPeterse)
• Added shellcheck checker for sh (@lcd047)
• Added scss_lint checker for SCSS (@sds)
• Various bugs have been fixed.

3.1.0

Core changes

• Added simple debug message system :let g:syntastic_debug=1 to activate (@scrooloose)
• Added :SyntasticInfo command (@scrooloose)
• Refactor notifier mechanisms into notifier classes (@lcd047)
• Syntastic no longer calls :quit (@kovidgoyal)
• New option g:syntastic_check_on_wq (@lcd047)
• New option g:syntastic_ignore_files (@lcd047)
• New option g:syntastic_filetype_map (@lcd047)
• New command :SyntasticReset (@lcd047)
• New option g:syntastic_aggregate_errors (@lcd047)
• Many optimisations and speed improvements (@lcd047)
• Many bugs fixed.

Syntax checker changes

• Added govet for google go (@kisielk)
• Rework of w3 (@lcd047)
• Added py3kwarn for Python 3 (@liamcurry)
• Added rubocop checker for ruby (@roktas)
• Added splint checker for C (@lcd047)
• Added llvm checker (@superjoe30)
• Added pep8 checker for Python (@lcd047)
• Added mandoc checker for nroff (@lcd047)
• Added podchecker checker for POD (@lcd047)
• Added oclint checker for C, C++, and Objective-C (@unc0)
• Added atdtool spelling, style, and grammar checker (@lcd047)
• Added checkers for Objective-C++
• Added golint checker for Go (@hirochachacha)
• Added cobc checker for COBOL (@lcd047)
• Split puppetlint into separate checkers puppet and puppetlint (@lcd047)
• Made the haxe checker aware of Vaxe (@jdonaldson)
• Improved maven management for the javac checher (@jvenant)
• Improved working with mix projects for elixir (@thomas-holmes)
• Added hss checker for HSS (@jdonaldson)
• Added pylama checker for Python (@lcd047)
• Added fsc checker for Scala (@kongo2002)
• New options g:syntastic_html_tidy_blocklevel_tags, g:syntastic_html_tidy_inline_tags, and g:syntastic_html_tidy_empty_tags for the tidy checker (@anshul)
• The gentoo-metadata filetype is now an alias to xml; the docs still apply (@lcd047)
• Split ghc-mod into separate checkers ghc-mod and hlint (@zenzike)
• Added verilator checker for Verilog (@Kocha)
• Added asciidoc checker for AsciiDoc (@lcd047)
• Added pep257 checker for Python docstrings (@marc2982)
• Many bugs fixed.

3.0.0

There have been almost 570 commits since version 2.3.0 so the changes are simply too many to list individually. Some highlights:

Core changes

• Massively refactor the core code and the interface to the checkers. Checkers are now objects in the core and many can be loaded per filetype simultaneously.
• Allow checkers to be chained together - see :help syntastic-checker-options.
• Add a param to :SyntasticCheck to allow a specific checker to be called.
• Don't clobber the location list by default - see :help syntastic_always_populate_loc_list to override this.
• Allow the error signs to be customised - see :help syntastic_error_symbol.

Syntax checker changes

• Many new and updated checkers.
• Refactor most checkers to use a new system of makeprg generation. This allows users to override parts of the syntax checker shell command easily. See :help syntastic-config-makeprg.