Before: Save g:ale_set_loclist Save g:ale_set_quickfix let g:ale_set_loclist = 0 let g:ale_set_quickfix = 0 silent! cd /testplugin/test After: Restore call setloclist(0, []) call setqflist([]) Execute(The loclist titles should be set appropriately): silent noautocmd file foo let g:ale_set_loclist = 1 call ale#list#SetLists(bufnr(''), [ \ {'bufnr': bufnr(''), 'lnum': 5, 'col': 5, 'text': 'x', 'type': 'E'}, \]) AssertEqual [{ \ 'lnum': 5, \ 'bufnr': bufnr(''), \ 'col': 5, \ 'text': 'x', \ 'valid': 1, \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'nr': 0, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'pattern': '', \}], getloclist(0) if !has('nvim') AssertEqual {'title': getcwd() . '/foo'}, getloclist(0, {'title': ''}) endif Execute(The quickfix titles should be set appropriately): silent noautocmd file foo let g:ale_set_quickfix = 1 call ale#list#SetLists(bufnr(''), [ \ {'bufnr': bufnr(''), 'lnum': 5, 'col': 5, 'text': 'x', 'type': 'E'}, \]) AssertEqual [{ \ 'lnum': 5, \ 'bufnr': bufnr(''), \ 'col': 5, \ 'text': 'x', \ 'valid': 1, \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'nr': 0, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'pattern': '', \}], getqflist() if !has('nvim') AssertEqual {'title': getcwd() . '/foo'}, getqflist({'title': ''}) endif