diff --git a/autoload/ale.vim b/autoload/ale.vim
index 725a395..f31446c 100644
--- a/autoload/ale.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale.vim
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 " Description: Primary code path for the plugin
 "   Manages execution of linters when requested by autocommands
 
+" Strings used for severity in the echoed message
+let g:ale_echo_msg_error_str = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_error_str', 'Error')
+let g:ale_echo_msg_info_str = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_info_str', 'Info')
+let g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_warning_str', 'Warning')
+
 let s:lint_timer = -1
 let s:queued_buffer_number = -1
 let s:should_lint_file_for_buffer = {}
@@ -32,12 +37,8 @@ function! ale#CallWithCooldown(timestamp_key, func, arglist) abort
 endfunction
 
 " Return 1 if a file is too large for ALE to handle.
-function! ale#FileTooLarge() abort
-    if !exists('g:ale_maximum_file_size')
-        return 0
-    endif
-
-    let l:max = ale#Var(bufnr(''), 'maximum_file_size')
+function! ale#FileTooLarge(buffer) abort
+    let l:max = getbufvar(a:buffer, 'ale_maximum_file_size', get(g:, 'ale_maximum_file_size', 0))
 
     return l:max > 0 ? (line2byte(line('$') + 1) > l:max) : 0
 endfunction
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ function! ale#ShouldDoNothing(buffer) abort
     endif
 
     " Do nothing if the file is too large.
-    if ale#FileTooLarge()
+    if ale#FileTooLarge(a:buffer)
         return 1
     endif
 
diff --git a/autoload/ale/completion.vim b/autoload/ale/completion.vim
index a338ce7..6fa2619 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/completion.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/completion.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 " Author: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
 " Description: Completion support for LSP linters
 
-call ale#Set('completion_excluded_words', [])
+let g:ale_completion_delay = get(g:, 'ale_completion_delay', 100)
+let g:ale_completion_excluded_words = get(g:, 'ale_completion_excluded_words', [])
+let g:ale_completion_max_suggestions = get(g:, 'ale_completion_max_suggestions', 50)
 
 let s:timer_id = -1
 let s:last_done_pos = []
diff --git a/autoload/ale/cursor.vim b/autoload/ale/cursor.vim
index 50b1fb5..e3dd420 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/cursor.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/cursor.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 " Author: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
 " Description: Echoes lint message for the current line, if any
 
+" Controls the milliseconds delay before echoing a message.
+let g:ale_echo_delay = get(g:, 'ale_echo_delay', 10)
+" A string format for the echoed message.
+let g:ale_echo_msg_format = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_format', '%code: %%s')
+
 let s:cursor_timer = -1
 let s:last_pos = [0, 0, 0]
 
diff --git a/autoload/ale/engine.vim b/autoload/ale/engine.vim
index f988d1b..b489c5f 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/engine.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/engine.vim
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 " Description: Backend execution and job management
 "   Executes linters in the background, using NeoVim or Vim 8 jobs
 
+" Remapping of linter problems.
+let g:ale_type_map = get(g:, 'ale_type_map', {})
+
 " Stores information for each job including:
 "
 " linter: The linter dictionary for the job.
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ function! ale#engine#IsExecutable(buffer, executable) abort
 
     " Cache the executable check if we found it, or if the option to cache
     " failing checks is on.
-    if l:result || g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures
+    if l:result || get(g:, 'ale_cache_executable_check_failures', 0)
         let s:executable_cache_map[a:executable] = l:result
     endif
 
diff --git a/autoload/ale/history.vim b/autoload/ale/history.vim
index a6282ea..27ae74c 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/history.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/history.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 " Author: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
 " Description: Tools for managing command history
 
+" A flag for controlling the maximum size of the command history to store.
+let g:ale_max_buffer_history_size = get(g:, 'ale_max_buffer_history_size', 20)
+
 " Return a shallow copy of the command history for a given buffer number.
 function! ale#history#Get(buffer) abort
     return copy(getbufvar(a:buffer, 'ale_history', []))
diff --git a/autoload/ale/job.vim b/autoload/ale/job.vim
index 33040bb..6ffc2a0 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/job.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/job.vim
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 "   ale#job#IsRunning(job_id) -> 1 if running, 0 otherwise.
 "   ale#job#Stop(job_id)
 
+" A setting for wrapping commands.
+let g:ale_command_wrapper = get(g:, 'ale_command_wrapper', '')
+
 if !has_key(s:, 'job_map')
     let s:job_map = {}
 endif
diff --git a/autoload/ale/list.vim b/autoload/ale/list.vim
index 30b8f5c..35304a0 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/list.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/list.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 " Author: Bjorn Neergaard <bjorn@neersighted.com>, modified by Yann fery <yann@fery.me>
 " Description: Manages the loclist and quickfix lists
 
+" This flag dictates if ale open the configured loclist
+let g:ale_open_list = get(g:, 'ale_open_list', 0)
+" This flag dictates if ale keeps open loclist even if there is no error in loclist
+let g:ale_keep_list_window_open = get(g:, 'ale_keep_list_window_open', 0)
+" This flag dictates that quickfix windows should be opened vertically
+let g:ale_list_vertical = get(g:, 'ale_list_vertical', 0)
+" The window size to set for the quickfix and loclist windows
+let g:ale_list_window_size = get(g:, 'ale_list_window_size', 10)
+" A string format for the loclist messages.
+let g:ale_loclist_msg_format = get(g:, 'ale_loclist_msg_format',
+\   get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_format', '%code: %%s')
+\)
+
 if !exists('s:timer_args')
     let s:timer_args = {}
 endif
diff --git a/autoload/ale/pattern_options.vim b/autoload/ale/pattern_options.vim
index e58b8cf..c445a9e 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/pattern_options.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/pattern_options.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 " Author: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
 " Description: Set options in files based on regex patterns.
 
+" A dictionary mapping regular expression patterns to arbitrary buffer
+" variables to be set. Useful for configuring ALE based on filename patterns.
+let g:ale_pattern_options = get(g:, 'ale_pattern_options', {})
+let g:ale_pattern_options_enabled = get(g:, 'ale_pattern_options_enabled', !empty(g:ale_pattern_options))
+
 " These variables are used to cache the sorting of patterns below.
 let s:last_pattern_options = {}
 let s:sorted_items = []
diff --git a/autoload/ale/sign.vim b/autoload/ale/sign.vim
index d1139c0..3166372 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/sign.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/sign.vim
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@ scriptencoding utf8
 " Author: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
 " Description: Draws error and warning signs into signcolumn
 
+" This flag can be set to some integer to control the maximum number of signs
+" that ALE will set.
+let g:ale_max_signs = get(g:, 'ale_max_signs', -1)
+" This flag can be set to 1 to enable changing the sign column colors when
+" there are errors.
+let g:ale_change_sign_column_color = get(g:, 'ale_change_sign_column_color', 0)
+" These variables dictate what signs are used to indicate errors and warnings.
+let g:ale_sign_error = get(g:, 'ale_sign_error', '>>')
+let g:ale_sign_style_error = get(g:, 'ale_sign_style_error', g:ale_sign_error)
+let g:ale_sign_warning = get(g:, 'ale_sign_warning', '--')
+let g:ale_sign_style_warning = get(g:, 'ale_sign_style_warning', g:ale_sign_warning)
+let g:ale_sign_info = get(g:, 'ale_sign_info', g:ale_sign_warning)
+" This variable sets an offset which can be set for sign IDs.
+" This ID can be changed depending on what IDs are set for other plugins.
+" The dummy sign will use the ID exactly equal to the offset.
+let g:ale_sign_offset = get(g:, 'ale_sign_offset', 1000000)
+" This flag can be set to 1 to keep sign gutter always open
+let g:ale_sign_column_always = get(g:, 'ale_sign_column_always', 0)
+
 if !hlexists('ALEErrorSign')
     highlight link ALEErrorSign error
 endif
diff --git a/autoload/ale/statusline.vim b/autoload/ale/statusline.vim
index 3f53368..368cdd7 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/statusline.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/statusline.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 " Author: KabbAmine <amine.kabb@gmail.com>
 " Description: Statusline related function(s)
 
+" A deprecated setting for ale#statusline#Status()
+" See :help ale#statusline#Count() for getting status reports.
+let g:ale_statusline_format = get(g:, 'ale_statusline_format',
+\   ['%d error(s)', '%d warning(s)', 'OK']
+\)
+
 function! s:CreateCountDict() abort
     " Keys 0 and 1 are for backwards compatibility.
     " The count object used to be a List of [error_count, warning_count].
diff --git a/autoload/ale/toggle.vim b/autoload/ale/toggle.vim
index 1f69154..d8472cd 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/toggle.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/toggle.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 function! s:EnablePreamble() abort
     " Set pattern options again, if enabled.
-    if g:ale_pattern_options_enabled
+    if get(g:, 'ale_pattern_options_enabled', 0)
         call ale#pattern_options#SetOptions(bufnr(''))
     endif
 
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ endfunction
 
 function! ale#toggle#Enable() abort
     if !g:ale_enabled
-        " Set pattern options again, if enabled.
-        if g:ale_pattern_options_enabled
-            call ale#pattern_options#SetOptions(bufnr(''))
-        endif
-
         call ale#toggle#Toggle()
     endif
 endfunction
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index 25895f3..0bf1c84 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ g:airline#extensions#ale#enabled             *g:airline#extensions#ale#enabled*
 g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures   *g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures*
 
   Type: |Number|
-  Default: `0`
+  Default: undefined
 
   When set to `1`, ALE will cache failing executable checks for linters. By
   default, only executable checks which succeed will be cached.
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ g:ale_max_signs                                               *g:ale_max_signs*
 g:ale_maximum_file_size                               *g:ale_maximum_file_size*
                                                       *b:ale_maximum_file_size*
   Type: |Number|
-  Default: `0`
+  Default: undefined
 
   A maximum file size in bytes for ALE to check. If set to any positive
   number, ALE will skip checking files larger than the given size.
diff --git a/plugin/ale.vim b/plugin/ale.vim
index 980a6bb..997a196 100644
--- a/plugin/ale.vim
+++ b/plugin/ale.vim
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ let g:ale_lint_on_save = get(g:, 'ale_lint_on_save', 1)
 " This flag can be set to 1 to enable linting when the filetype is changed.
 let g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed = get(g:, 'ale_lint_on_filetype_changed', 1)
 
+" This flag can be set to 1 to enable automatically fixing files on save.
 let g:ale_fix_on_save = get(g:, 'ale_fix_on_save', 0)
 
 " This flag may be set to 0 to disable ale. After ale is loaded, :ALEToggle
@@ -107,72 +108,20 @@ let g:ale_enabled = get(g:, 'ale_enabled', 1)
 let g:ale_set_loclist = get(g:, 'ale_set_loclist', 1)
 let g:ale_set_quickfix = get(g:, 'ale_set_quickfix', 0)
 
-" This flag dictates if ale open the configured loclist
-let g:ale_open_list = get(g:, 'ale_open_list', 0)
-
-" This flag dictates if ale keeps open loclist even if there is no error in loclist
-let g:ale_keep_list_window_open = get(g:, 'ale_keep_list_window_open', 0)
-
-" This flag dictates that quickfix windows should be opened vertically
-let g:ale_list_vertical = get(g:, 'ale_list_vertical', 0)
-
-" The window size to set for the quickfix and loclist windows
-let g:ale_list_window_size = get(g:, 'ale_list_window_size', 10)
-
 " This flag can be set to 0 to disable setting signs.
 " This is enabled by default only if the 'signs' feature exists.
 let g:ale_set_signs = get(g:, 'ale_set_signs', has('signs'))
-" This flag can be set to some integer to control the maximum number of signs
-" that ALE will set.
-let g:ale_max_signs = get(g:, 'ale_max_signs', -1)
-
-" This flag can be set to 1 to enable changing the sign column colors when
-" there are errors.
-let g:ale_change_sign_column_color = get(g:, 'ale_change_sign_column_color', 0)
 
 " This flag can be set to 0 to disable setting error highlights.
 let g:ale_set_highlights = get(g:, 'ale_set_highlights', has('syntax'))
 
-" These variables dictate what sign is used to indicate errors and warnings.
-let g:ale_sign_error = get(g:, 'ale_sign_error', '>>')
-let g:ale_sign_style_error = get(g:, 'ale_sign_style_error', g:ale_sign_error)
-let g:ale_sign_warning = get(g:, 'ale_sign_warning', '--')
-let g:ale_sign_style_warning = get(g:, 'ale_sign_style_warning', g:ale_sign_warning)
-let g:ale_sign_info = get(g:, 'ale_sign_info', g:ale_sign_warning)
-
-" This variable sets an offset which can be set for sign IDs.
-" This ID can be changed depending on what IDs are set for other plugins.
-" The dummy sign will use the ID exactly equal to the offset.
-let g:ale_sign_offset = get(g:, 'ale_sign_offset', 1000000)
-
-" This flag can be set to 1 to keep sign gutter always open
-let g:ale_sign_column_always = get(g:, 'ale_sign_column_always', 0)
-
-" A string format for the echoed message
-let g:ale_echo_msg_format = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_format', '%code: %%s')
-" The same for the loclist.
-let g:ale_loclist_msg_format = get(g:, 'ale_loclist_msg_format', g:ale_echo_msg_format)
-
-" Strings used for severity in the echoed message
-let g:ale_echo_msg_error_str = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_error_str', 'Error')
-let g:ale_echo_msg_info_str = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_info_str', 'Info')
-let g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str = get(g:, 'ale_echo_msg_warning_str', 'Warning')
-
 " This flag can be set to 0 to disable echoing when the cursor moves.
 let g:ale_echo_cursor = get(g:, 'ale_echo_cursor', 1)
-" Controls the milliseconds delay before echoing a message.
-let g:ale_echo_delay = get(g:, 'ale_echo_delay', 10)
 
 " This flag can be set to 0 to disable balloon support.
 let g:ale_set_balloons = get(g:, 'ale_set_balloons',
-\   has('balloon_eval') && has('gui_running') ||
-\   has('balloon_eval_term') && !has('gui_running')
-\)
-
-" A deprecated setting for ale#statusline#Status()
-" See :help ale#statusline#Count() for getting status reports.
-let g:ale_statusline_format = get(g:, 'ale_statusline_format',
-\   ['%d error(s)', '%d warning(s)', 'OK']
+\   (has('balloon_eval') && has('gui_running'))
+\   || (has('balloon_eval_term') && !has('gui_running'))
 \)
 
 " This flag can be set to 0 to disable warnings for trailing whitespace
@@ -180,38 +129,14 @@ let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = get(g:, 'ale_warn_about_trailing_whit
 " This flag can be set to 0 to disable warnings for trailing blank lines
 let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines = get(g:, 'ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines', 1)
 
-" A flag for controlling the maximum size of the command history to store.
-let g:ale_max_buffer_history_size = get(g:, 'ale_max_buffer_history_size', 20)
-
 " A flag for enabling or disabling the command history.
 let g:ale_history_enabled = get(g:, 'ale_history_enabled', 1)
 
 " A flag for storing the full output of commands in the history.
 let g:ale_history_log_output = get(g:, 'ale_history_log_output', 1)
 
-" A flag for caching failed executable checks.
-" This is off by default, because it will cause problems.
-let g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures = get(g:, 'ale_cache_executable_check_failures', 0)
-
-" A dictionary mapping regular expression patterns to arbitrary buffer
-" variables to be set. Useful for configuration ALE based on filename
-" patterns.
-let g:ale_pattern_options = get(g:, 'ale_pattern_options', {})
-let g:ale_pattern_options_enabled = get(g:, 'ale_pattern_options_enabled', !empty(g:ale_pattern_options))
-
-" A maximum file size for checking for errors.
-let g:ale_maximum_file_size = get(g:, 'ale_maximum_file_size', 0)
-
-" Remapping of linter problems.
-let g:ale_type_map = get(g:, 'ale_type_map', {})
-
 " Enable automatic completion with LSP servers and tsserver
 let g:ale_completion_enabled = get(g:, 'ale_completion_enabled', 0)
-let g:ale_completion_delay = get(g:, 'ale_completion_delay', 100)
-let g:ale_completion_max_suggestions = get(g:, 'ale_completion_max_suggestions', 50)
-
-" A setting for wrapping commands.
-let g:ale_command_wrapper = get(g:, 'ale_command_wrapper', '')
 
 if g:ale_set_balloons
     call ale#balloon#Enable()
diff --git a/test/test_ale_info.vader b/test/test_ale_info.vader
index 16c04b7..7507860 100644
--- a/test/test_ale_info.vader
+++ b/test/test_ale_info.vader
@@ -1,43 +1,51 @@
 Before:
   Save g:ale_buffer_info
   Save g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures
+  Save g:ale_completion_delay
   Save g:ale_completion_enabled
+  Save g:ale_completion_max_suggestions
   Save g:ale_fixers
   Save g:ale_history_log_output
   Save g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave
   Save g:ale_lint_on_text_changed
   Save g:ale_linters
+  Save g:ale_lsp_error_messages
   Save g:ale_maximum_file_size
   Save g:ale_pattern_options
   Save g:ale_pattern_options_enabled
   Save g:ale_set_balloons
-  Save g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace
   Save g:ale_sign_error
-  Save g:ale_sign_warning
   Save g:ale_sign_info
   Save g:ale_sign_style_error
   Save g:ale_sign_style_warning
-  Save g:ale_lsp_error_messages
+  Save g:ale_sign_warning
+  Save g:ale_statusline_format
+  Save g:ale_type_map
+  Save g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace
 
   unlet! b:ale_history
 
   let g:ale_buffer_info = {}
   let g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures = 0
+  let g:ale_completion_delay = 100
   let g:ale_completion_enabled = 0
+  let g:ale_completion_max_suggestions = 50
   let g:ale_history_log_output = 1
   let g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave = 0
   let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'always'
+  let g:ale_lsp_error_messages = {}
   let g:ale_maximum_file_size = 0
   let g:ale_pattern_options = {}
   let g:ale_pattern_options_enabled = 0
   let g:ale_set_balloons = 0
-  let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 1
   let g:ale_sign_error = '>>'
-  let g:ale_sign_warning = '--'
   let g:ale_sign_info = '--'
   let g:ale_sign_style_error = '>>'
   let g:ale_sign_style_warning = '--'
-  let g:ale_lsp_error_messages = {}
+  let g:ale_sign_warning = '--'
+  let g:ale_statusline_format = ['%d error(s)', '%d warning(s)', 'OK']
+  let g:ale_type_map = {}
+  let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 1
 
   let g:testlinter1 = {'name': 'testlinter1', 'executable': 'testlinter1', 'command': 'testlinter1', 'callback': 'testCB1', 'output_stream': 'stdout'}
   let g:testlinter2 = {'name': 'testlinter2', 'executable': 'testlinter2', 'command': 'testlinter2', 'callback': 'testCB2', 'output_stream': 'stdout'}
diff --git a/test/test_lint_error_delay.vader b/test/test_lint_error_delay.vader
index d539708..cf73b2c 100644
--- a/test/test_lint_error_delay.vader
+++ b/test/test_lint_error_delay.vader
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Before:
   runtime autoload/ale.vim
 
   " Replace one of the key ALE functions and make it throw.
-  function! ale#FileTooLarge() abort
+  function! ale#FileTooLarge(buffer) abort
     throw 'broken'
   endfunction