Tslint: How to use with vim / syntastic

[coolaj86]

Hey, I can't find any official docs other than that you're the maintainer:
https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic/wiki/TypeScript:---tslint

With jshint I didn't have to do anything special. I install pathogen, synastic, jshint, and create a .jshintrc and then whenever I save a file it does the linting for me.

With tslint I have everything installed, but nothing happens. What do I need to configure to make tslint run whenever there's a .ts file?

[leeavital]

One possibility is that you're using tsc as your checker instead of tslint. I had to put the following in my .vimrc:

let g:syntastic_typescript_checkers = ['tslint'] 

tslint also needs a config file, which you can set with:

let g:syntastic_typescript_tslint_args = "--config /path/to/tslint.json"

[coolaj86]

I don't want a global tslint.json, I want it to read from whatever project I'm in. That's how jshint works. Is there some reason tslint doesn't work the same way?

[coolaj86]

Hmm...

bad

let g:syntastic_typescript_checkers = ['tsc', 'tslint']

good

let g:syntastic_typescript_checkers = ['tslint', 'tsc']

I'm not sure what's going on, but something about tsc is failing and caused it to not fall through to tslint.

[indiesquidge]

Any updates on this? tslint is still not showing anything for me. I have the following configured

let g:syntastic_typescript_checkers = ['tslint']
let g:syntastic_typescript_tslint_args = "--config ~/.dotfiles/tslint.json"

And when I run :SyntasticInfo in my .ts file, I get that tslint is the current checker

Syntastic version: 3.7.0-54 (Vim 704, Darwin)
Info for filetype: typescript
Global mode: passive
Filetype typescript is passive
The current file will not be checked automatically
Available checkers: eslint tsc tslint
Currently enabled checker: tslint

Even running SyntasticCheck tslint is returning nothing.

@coolaj86, I saw you also commenting in the Syntastic issue thread about this as well. Did you manage to get everything working? I'd appreciate any help at all :)

[adidahiya]

coincidentally, I just recently switched back to using vim (from Atom) and syntastic + tslint is working fine for me. but I'm not using that second line in your config (tslint_args); I just let tslint find the config file. have you tried that? are you using the latest vim / macvim and syntastic?

[indiesquidge]

@adidahiya Yeah I'm using the latest vim and syntastic. I removed the second config line and it still doesn't work. Strangely enough, if I run :make from within the buffer, it will show the errors I'm expecting (outside the buffer, then I hit enter and return to the buffer).

[vyorkin]

@coolaj86 Have you figured it out? I mean how to use local tsconfig.json? anybody have any ideas?

[vyorkin]

I've got local tsconfig.json working in my neovim (syntastic): https://github.com/vyorkin-personal/dots/blob/master/tag-vim/vim/plugin/syntastic.vim#L9, dunno what was the problem a couple of months ago, but now it works for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sebkolind]

I know this is a closed issue, but for anyone stopping by; I fixed this by installing typescript and tslint globally on my machine, and adding this to my vimrc:

let g:syntastic_typescript_checkers = ['tslint', 'tsuquyomi']