Which is better flymake or Flycheck for Emacs?
Flycheck is a modern on-the-fly syntax checking extension for GNU Emacs, intended as replacement for the older Flymake extension which is part of GNU Emacs. For a detailed comparison to Flymake see Flycheck versus Flymake.
Which is the first syntax checker for Emacs?
For instance, the first syntax checker for Emacs Lisp is emacs-lisp which checks Emacs Lisp with Emacs’ own byte compiler. This syntax checker asks for emacs-lisp-checkdoc to run next, which checks for stylistic issues in Emacs Lisp docstrings. Thus Flycheck will first run the byte compiler and then checkdoc in an Emacs Lisp buffer.
Is it possible to disable syntax checkers in Flycheck?
Flycheck will never use disabled syntax checkers to check a buffer. This option is buffer-local. You can customise this variable with M-x customize-variable RET flycheck-disabled-checkers or set the default value in your init file to permanently disable specific syntax checkers.
How many different languages does Flycheck support?
Out of the box Flycheck supports over 40 different programming languages with more than 80 different syntax checking tools, and comes with a simple interface to define new syntax checkers. Many 3rd party extensions provide new syntax checkers and other features like alternative error displays or mode line indicators.
What’s the difference between flymake and Flycheck syntax checking?
For a detailed comparison to Flymake see Flycheck versus Flymake. It uses various syntax checking and linting tools to automatically check the contents of buffers while you type, and reports warnings and errors directly in the buffer, or in an optional error list:
Which is the syntax checking extension for Emacs?
Flycheck is a modern on-the-fly syntax checking extension for GNU Emacs, intended as replacement for the older Flymake extension which is part of GNU Emacs.