Before: Save g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable unlet! g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable unlet! b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable runtime ale_linters/erlang/syntaxerl.vim After: Restore call ale#linter#Reset() Execute (The executable should be correct): AssertEqual 'syntaxerl', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) let g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/some/other/syntaxerl' AssertEqual '/some/other/syntaxerl', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) let b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/yet/another/syntaxerl' AssertEqual '/yet/another/syntaxerl', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) Execute (The executable should be presented in the feature check command): let g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/some/other/syntaxerl' AssertEqual "'/some/other/syntaxerl' -h", ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#FeatureCheck(bufnr('')) let b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/yet/another/syntaxerl' AssertEqual "'/yet/another/syntaxerl' -h", ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#FeatureCheck(bufnr('')) Execute (The executable should be presented in the command): let g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/some/other/syntaxerl' AssertEqual "'/some/other/syntaxerl' %t", ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr(''), []) let b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/yet/another/syntaxerl' AssertEqual "'/yet/another/syntaxerl' %t", ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr(''), []) Execute (The -b option should be used when available): AssertEqual "'syntaxerl' %t", ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr(''), [ \ 'Syntax checker for Erlang (0.14.0)', \ 'Usage: syntaxerl [-d | --debug] ', \ ' syntaxerl <-h | --help>', \ ' -d, --debug Enable debug output', \ ' -h, --help Show this message', \ ]) AssertEqual "'syntaxerl' -b %s %t", ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr(''), [ \ 'Syntax checker for Erlang (0.14.0)', \ 'Usage: syntaxerl [-b | --base ] [-d | --debug] ', \ ' syntaxerl <-h | --help>', \ ' -b, --base Set original filename', \ ' -d, --debug Enable debug output', \ ' -h, --help Show this message', \ ])