If glualint is not installed on your system, the extension will prompt you to download the latest prebuilt binary automatically from GLuaFixer GitHub Releases. Alternatively, you can manually download glualint and place it in your system PATH or configure glualint.linter.
Optionally install an extension that provides glua syntax highlighting like aStonedPenguin's
The linter should now be active for any lua and glua files
Features
Linter: Real-time diagnostic error and warning reporting
Formatter: Code formatting / pretty-printing via VS Code's native Format Document and Format Selection commands.
Automatic Downloads & Updates: Automatically download glualint binary and checks for version updates on startup (can be disabled).
Configuration
glualint.linter: Points to the glualint executable, defaults to glualint glualint.activeLanguages: Language IDs to activate the linter for (lua and glua are supported, defaults to both) glualint.run: When to run the linter executable (onSave, onType or manual, defaults to onType)
glualint.allFiles: Run the linter on all files in the workspace, even if they are closed. Bypasses glualint.activeLanguages setting.
glualint.config: Points to a custom configuration file path.
glualint.workingDirectory: Override how to set the working directory for the glualint process (file or workspace, defaults to file).
file: Uses the directory of the file being linted.
workspace: Uses the root workspace folder. Will not automatically discover nested glualint config files in subdirectories.
glualint.checkForUpdates: Automatically check for new versions of glualint on startup (defaults to true).
