ale/lua/diagnostics.lua

local module = {}

local ale_type_to_diagnostic_severity = {
  E = vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR,
  W = vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN,
  I = vim.diagnostic.severity.INFO
}

-- Equivalent to ale#Var, only we can't error on missing global keys.
module.aleVar = function(buffer, key)
  key = "ale_" .. key
  local exists, value = pcall(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_var, buffer, key)

  if exists then
    return value
  end

  return vim.g[key]
end

module.sendAleResultsToDiagnostics = function(buffer, loclist)
  local diagnostics = {}

  -- Convert all the ALE loclist items to the shape that Neovim's diagnostic
  -- API is expecting.
  for _, location in ipairs(loclist) do
    if location.bufnr == buffer then
      table.insert(
        diagnostics,
        -- All line numbers from ALE are 1-indexed, but all line numbers
        -- in the diagnostics API are 0-indexed, so we have to subtract 1
        -- to make this work.
        {
          lnum = location.lnum - 1,
          -- Ending line number, or if we don't have one, just make it the same
          -- as the starting line number
          end_lnum = (location.end_lnum or location.lnum) - 1,
          -- Which column does the error start on?
          col = math.max((location.col or 1) - 1, 0),
          -- end_col does *not* appear to need 1 subtracted, so we don't.
          end_col = location.end_col,
          -- Which severity: error, warning, or info?
          severity = ale_type_to_diagnostic_severity[location.type] or "E",
          -- An error code
          code = location.code,
          -- The error message
          message = location.text,
          -- e.g. "rubocop"
          source = location.linter_name,
        }
      )
    end
  end

  local virtualtext_enabled_set = {
    ['all'] = true,
    ['2'] = true,
    [2] = true,
    ['current'] = true,
    ['1'] = true,
    [1] = true,
  }

  local signs = module.aleVar(buffer, 'set_signs') == 1

  if signs then
    -- If signs are enabled, set the priority for them.
    signs = {priority = vim.g.ale_sign_priority }
  end

  vim.diagnostic.set(
    vim.api.nvim_create_namespace('ale'),
    buffer,
    diagnostics,
    {
        virtual_text = virtualtext_enabled_set[vim.g.ale_virtualtext_cursor] ~= nil,
        signs = signs,
    }
  )
end

return module