Before: Save g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable unlet! g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable runtime ale_linters/erlang/syntaxerl.vim After: call ale#linter#Reset() Restore g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable Execute (Get SyntaxErl executable): AssertEqual 'syntaxerl', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) let g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/some/other/syntaxerl' AssertEqual '/some/other/syntaxerl', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) let b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/yet/another/syntaxerl' AssertEqual '/yet/another/syntaxerl', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) Execute (Get SyntaxErl command line): AssertEqual 'syntaxerl %t', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr('')) let g:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/some/other/syntaxerl' AssertEqual '/some/other/syntaxerl %t', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr('')) let b:ale_erlang_syntaxerl_executable = '/yet/another/syntaxerl' AssertEqual '/yet/another/syntaxerl %t', ale_linters#erlang#syntaxerl#GetCommand(bufnr(''))