From 3345bf20ca92d75e80bae880030268ae49890f6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:40:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #450 Document how linters are loaded

---
 doc/ale.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index bb21035..8f3476b 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -911,6 +911,18 @@ ale#linter#Define(filetype, linter)                       *ale#linter#Define()*
   is not desired, the |ale#engine#EscapeCommandPart()| function can be used to
   replace those characters to avoid formatting issues.
 
+                                                 *ale-linter-loading-behaviour*
+
+  Linters for ALE will be loaded by searching |runtimepath| in the following
+  format: >
+
+  ale_linters/<filetype>/<linter_name>.vim
+<
+  Any linters which exist anywhere in |runtimepath| with that directory
+  structure will be automatically loaded for the matching |filetype|. Filetypes
+  containing `.` characters will be split into individual parts, and files
+  will be loaded for each filetype between the `.` characters.
+
 
 ale#linter#Get(filetype)                                     *ale#linter#Get()*