Perl Toolbox

Perl Toolbox for Visual Studio Code provides support for linting and syntax checking for Perl

Features

Perlcritic linting with customizable severities
Perl Syntax checking

Requirements

perl (for syntax highlighting)
perlcritic (for linting)

Extension Settings

setting	default	description
`perl-toolbox.temporaryPath`	`null`	Path to write temporary lint and syntax files to. Defaults to OS specific tmp path
`perl-toolbox.syntax.exec`	perl	name of the perl binary
`perl-toolbox.syntax.path`	`null`	path to the perl binary
`perl-toolbox.syntax.enabled`	true	enable syntax checking
`perl-toolbox.syntax.includePaths`	[]	An Array of paths to add to @INC
`perl-toolbox.lint.exec`	perlcritic	name of the perlcritic binary
`perl-toolbox.lint.path`	`null`	path to the perlcritic binary
`perl-toolbox.lint.severity`	brutal	perlcritic severity [brutal,cruel,harsh,stern,gentle]
`perl-toolbox.lint.useProfile`	false	use settings in .perlcriticrc
`perl-toolbox.lint.useProfile`	false	use settings in .perlcriticrc
`perl-toolbox.lint.excludedPolicies`	[]	An array of perlcritic policies to ignore
`perl-toolbox.lint.brutal`	warning	VS code Problem severity for brutal violations
`perl-toolbox.lint.cruel`	warning	VS code Problem severity for cruel violations
`perl-toolbox.lint.harsh`	info	VS code Problem severity for harsh violations
`perl-toolbox.lint.stern`	info	VS code Problem severity for stern violations
`perl-toolbox.lint.gentle`	hint	VS code Problem severity for gentle violations
`perl-toolbox.lint.highlightMode`	line	highlight mode (word/line)

Configuration

perl-toolbox.syntax.path and perl-toolbox.lint.path must be set to the directory containing the executable files prior to linting/syntax checking.

Only documents with a "perl" language mode are checked.

Known Issues

Documents are only checked when they are opened or saved.
On type checking is not supported.

Troubleshooting

Linting error messages are displayed in "developer Tools"