Before: silent! cd /testplugin/test :e! top/middle/bottom/dummy.txt After: unlet! g:result unlet! g:match Execute(FormatCommand should do nothing to basic command strings): AssertEqual ['', 'awesome-linter do something'], ale#engine#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'awesome-linter do something') Execute(FormatCommand should handle %%, and ignore other percents): AssertEqual ['', '% %%d %%f %x %'], ale#engine#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '%% %%%d %%%f %x %') Execute(FormatCommand should convert %s to the current filename): AssertEqual ['', 'foo ' . fnameescape(expand('%:p')) . ' bar ' . fnameescape(expand('%:p'))], ale#engine#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo %s bar %s') Execute(FormatCommand should convert %t to a new temporary filename): let g:result = ale#engine#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo %t bar %t') let g:match = matchlist(g:result[1], '\v^foo (/tmp/.*/dummy.txt) bar (/tmp/.*/dummy.txt)$') Assert !empty(g:match), 'No match found! Result was: ' . g:result[1] " The first item of the result should be a temporary filename, and it should " be the same as the escaped name in the command string. AssertEqual g:result[0], fnameescape(g:match[1]) " The two temporary filenames formatted in should be the same. AssertEqual g:match[1], g:match[2] Execute(FormatCommand should let you combine %s and %t): let g:result = ale#engine#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo %t bar %s') let g:match = matchlist(g:result[1], '\v^foo (/tmp/.*/dummy.txt) bar (.*/dummy.txt)$') Assert !empty(g:match), 'No match found! Result was: ' . g:result[1] " The first item of the result should be a temporary filename, and it should " be the same as the escaped name in the command string. AssertEqual g:result[0], fnameescape(g:match[1]) " The second item should be equal to the original filename. AssertEqual fnameescape(expand('%:p')), g:match[2] Execute(EscapeCommandPart should escape all percent signs): AssertEqual '%%s %%t %%%% %%s %%t %%%%', ale#engine#EscapeCommandPart('%s %t %% %s %t %%')