LintCheck

Python IDLE extension to perform pylint analysis on an open file

Installation (Without root permissions)

1. Go to terminal and install with pip install lintcheck[user].
2. Run command idleuserextend; lintcheck. You should see the following output: Config should be good! Config should be good!.
3. Open IDLE, go to Options -> Configure IDLE -> Extensions. If everything went well, alongside ZzDummy there should be and option called lintcheck. This is where you can configure how lintcheck works.

Installation (Legacy, needs root permission)

1. Go to terminal and install with pip install lintcheck.
2. Run command lintcheck. You will likely see a message saying lintcheck not in system registered extensions!. Run the command given to add lintcheck to your system's IDLE extension config file.
3. Again run command lintcheck. This time, you should see the following output: Config should be good!.
4. Open IDLE, go to Options -> Configure IDLE -> Extensions. If everything went well, alongside ZzDummy there should be and option called lintcheck. This is where you can configure how lintcheck works.

Information on options

Option ignore is a list of pylint messages, separated by semicolons (;) that should be disabled using --disable. See pylint --help for more information.

Option jobs is the number of processes pylint should use when checking your code, using --jobs. See pylint --help for more information.

Option search_wrap is a boolian of whether or not searching for the next # lintcheck: comment will wrap around or not, defaults to False.