Re: emacs-flymake-guix `guix lint -n`

[jgart <jgart@dismail.de>]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:49:07 +0200 zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 21:18, jgart <jgart@dismail.de> wrote:
> > Hi Guixers is there currently an emacs package that provides a flymake backend for `guix lint -n`?
> 
> What do you mean?

See this collection of flymake backends, for example:

https://github.com/mohkale/flymake-collection/tree/release/src/checkers

I mean to have lint warnings show up as you're editing a guix package
in an emacs buffer and have it be integrated into the built-in flymake:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/flymake.html


> Well, the Emacs package emacs-guix allows to use “guix lint” from
> Emacs.  Maybe improving this emacs-guix could be worth.  Or another
> fresh one just for linting; I do not know. :-)

Maybe adding a linter to flymake-collection might be the easiest.

I think the `guix lint` implementation in emacs-guix lets you run the
command manually but it's not integrated into a syntax checker like
flymake.

Correct me if I'm wrong on that.

all best,

jgart