ale_virtualtext, ale_sign and highlight color shows abnormal in nvim

[marslo]

Information

VIM version

$ command vim --version  | head -2
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 14 2023 13:53:53)
macOS version - x86_64

NVIM version

$ command nvim --version | head -2
NVIM v0.9.5
Build type: Release

Operating System:

$ sw_vers
ProductName:		macOS
ProductVersion:		14.2.1
BuildVersion:		23C71

What went wrong

I'm using exact same vimrc for both vim and nvim, and ale_virtualtext, ale_sign and highlight color shows abnormal in nvim ( works in vim ) as below:

• vim
  

• nvim
  

probably related with

• ALE does not display any signs in NeoVim #4657
• Use different group names for signs and virtual text #4704

To verify my assumption, I've tried to manually added the diff ( 4704.patch ) into HEAD of commit a3183e2f7b9120c2f1d49f0156519663f355d35d, but still no help

Reproducing the bug

here is the source code of shell script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo $#
echo ${1:-.}
echo ${2:--10}

:ALEInfo

click here to expand ...

 Current Filetype: sh
Available Linters: ['bashate', 'cspell', 'language_server', 'shell', 'shellcheck']
  Enabled Linters: ['bashate', 'cspell', 'language_server', 'shell', 'shellcheck']
  Ignored Linters: []
 Suggested Fixers:
  'remove_trailing_lines' - Remove all blank lines at the end of a file.
  'shfmt' - Fix sh files with shfmt.
  'trim_whitespace' - Remove all trailing whitespace characters at the end of every line.
Linter Variables:

" Press Space to read :help for a setting

let g:ale_sh_bashate_executable = 'bashate'

let g:ale_sh_bashate_options = ''

let g:ale_sh_language_server_executable = 'bash-language-server'

let g:ale_sh_language_server_use_global = 0

let g:ale_sh_shell_default_shell = 'bash'

let g:ale_sh_shellcheck_change_directory = 1

let g:ale_sh_shellcheck_dialect = 'auto'

let g:ale_sh_shellcheck_exclusions = ''

let g:ale_sh_shellcheck_executable = 'shellcheck'

let g:ale_sh_shellcheck_options = ''
Global Variables:

" Press Space to read :help for a setting

let g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures = v:null

let g:ale_change_sign_column_color = v:null

let g:ale_command_wrapper = ''

let g:ale_completion_delay = v:null

let g:ale_completion_enabled = 0

let g:ale_completion_max_suggestions = v:null

let g:ale_disable_lsp = 'auto'

let g:ale_echo_cursor = 1

let g:ale_echo_msg_error_str = '✘'

let g:ale_echo_msg_format = '[%linter%] %code%: %s [%severity%] '

let g:ale_echo_msg_info_str = 'Info'

let g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str = '⚠'

let g:ale_enabled = 1

let g:ale_fix_on_save = 0

let g:ale_fixers = {'groovy': ['checkstyle'], '*': ['remove_trailing_lines', 'trim_whitespace'], 'css': ['stylelint']}

let g:ale_history_enabled = 1

let g:ale_info_default_mode = 'preview'

let g:ale_history_log_output = 1

let g:ale_keep_list_window_open = 0

let g:ale_lint_delay = 200

let g:ale_lint_on_enter = 1

let g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed = 1

let g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave = 1

let g:ale_lint_on_save = 1

let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'never'

let g:ale_linter_aliases = {}

let g:ale_linters = {}

let g:ale_linters_explicit = 0

let g:ale_linters_ignore = {}

let g:ale_list_vertical = 0

let g:ale_list_window_size = 10

let g:ale_loclist_msg_format = '[%linter%] %code%: %s [%severity%] '

let g:ale_max_buffer_history_size = 20

let g:ale_max_signs = v:null

let g:ale_maximum_file_size = v:null

let g:ale_open_list = 0

let g:ale_pattern_options = v:null

let g:ale_pattern_options_enabled = v:null

let g:ale_root = {}

let g:ale_set_balloons = 1

let g:ale_set_highlights = 1

let g:ale_set_loclist = 1

let g:ale_set_quickfix = 1

let g:ale_set_signs = 1

let g:ale_sign_column_always = 1

let g:ale_sign_error = '💢'

let g:ale_sign_info = 'ᓆ'

let g:ale_sign_offset = v:null

let g:ale_sign_style_error = '⍥'

let g:ale_sign_style_warning = 'ᓍ'

let g:ale_sign_warning = 'ᑹ'

let g:ale_sign_highlight_linenrs = v:null

let g:ale_type_map = {}

let g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api = 1

let g:ale_use_global_executables = v:null

let g:ale_virtualtext_cursor = 'all'

let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines = 1

let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 1
LSP Error Messages:
(Errors for language_server)

Failed to find project root, language server won't start.

Command History:
(executable check - success) bashate

(finished - exit code 0) ['/usr/local/bin/bash', '-c', '''bashate''  ''/var/folders/s3/mg_f3cv54nn7y758j_t46zt40000gn/T/nvim.marslo/bv1Zwl/0/ale-bug.sh''']
<<>>
(executable check - failure) cspell

(executable check - success) bash

(finished - exit code 0) ['/usr/local/bin/bash', '-c', 'bash -n ''/var/folders/s3/mg_f3cv54nn7y758j_t46zt40000gn/T/nvim.marslo/bv1Zwl/2/ale-bug.sh''']
<<>>
(executable check - success) shellcheck

(finished - exit code 0) ['/usr/local/bin/bash', '-c', 'cd ''/Users/marslo'' && ''shellcheck'' --version']
<<>>

ShellCheck - shell script analysis tool

version: 0.9.0

license: GNU General Public License, version 3

website: https://www.shellcheck.net

<<>>
(finished - exit code 1) ['/usr/local/bin/bash', '-c', 'cd ''/Users/marslo'' && ''shellcheck'' -s bash -x -f gcc - < ''/var/folders/s3/mg_f3cv54nn7y758j_t46zt40000gn/T/nvim.marslo/bv1Zwl/3/ale-bug.sh''']
<<>>

-:4:6: note: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. [SC2086]

-:5:6: note: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. [SC2086]

<<>>

[hsanson]

Just a guess but I think in Nvim case it is using Nvim LSP diagnostics UI instead of ALE's. Try disabling nvim diagnostics integration:

let  g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api = 0

Read about this option for more details. When this is enabled most of ALE's UI features (e.g. signs, highlight, virtualtext) are disabled and instead it leaves NVim to handle it.