SublimeLinter contrib HTMLHint

A SublimeLinter plugin for HTML, using HTMLHint.

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Table of Contents

• Install
• Settings

This linter plugin for SublimeLinter provides an interface to HTMLHint. It will be used with files that have the “HTML” syntax.

Install

SublimeLinter 3 must be installed in order to use this plugin. If SublimeLinter 3 is not installed, please follow the instructions here.

Linter installation

Before using this plugin, you must ensure that htmlhint is installed on your system. To install htmlhint, do the following:

1. Install Node.js (and npm on Linux).

2. Install the latest htmlhint globally by typing the following in a terminal:

   npm install -g htmlhint@latest
   

Or install htmlhint locally in your project folder (you must have package.json file there): npm init -f npm install htmlhint@latest

1. If you are using nvm and zsh, ensure that the line to load nvm is in .zshenv and not .zshrc.

Note: This plugin requires htmlhint 0.9.13 or greater. Upgrade your existing installation by running step 2 above.

Linter configuration

In order for htmlhint to be executed by SublimeLinter, you must ensure that its path is available to SublimeLinter. Before going any further, please read and follow the steps in “Finding a linter executable” through “Validating your PATH” in the documentation.

Once you have installed and configured htmlhint, you can proceed to install the SublimeLinter-contrib-htmlhint plugin if it is not yet installed.

Plugin installation

Please use Package Control to install the linter plugin. This will ensure that the plugin will be updated when new versions are available. If you want to install from source so you can modify the source code, you probably know what you are doing so we won’t cover that here.

To install via Package Control, do the following:

1. Within Sublime Text, bring up the Command Palette and type install. Among the commands you should see Package Control: Install Package. If that command is not highlighted, use the keyboard or mouse to select it. There will be a pause of a few seconds while Package Control fetches the list of available plugins.

2. When the plugin list appears, type htmlhint. Among the entries you should see SublimeLinter-contrib-htmlhint. If that entry is not highlighted, use the keyboard or mouse to select it.

Settings

For general information on how SublimeLinter works with settings, please see Settings. For information on generic linter settings, please see Linter Settings.

You can configure htmlhint options in the way you would from the command line, with .htmlhintrc files. For more information, see the htmlhintrc docs. The linter plugin does this by searching for a .htmlhintrc file itself, just as htmlhint does from the command line. You may provide a custom config file by setting the linter’s "args" setting to ["--config", "/path/to/file"]. On Windows, be sure to double the backslashes in the path, for example ["--config", "C:\\Users\\Username\\htmlhint.conf"].

The path to the .htmlhintrc file is cached, meaning if you create a new .htmlhintrc that should have precedence over the previous one (meaning it is closer to the .js file) you need to clear the cache for the linter to use the new .htmlhintrc You can clear the cache by going to: Tools > SublimeLinter > Clear Caches.

LICENCE

Project initially created by @mmaday and transferred to the HTMLHint organization.

MIT License