Variable: python-flymake-command

python-flymake-command is a customizable variable defined in python.el.gz.

Value

("pyflakes")

Documentation

The external tool that will be used to perform the syntax check.

This is a non empty list of strings, the checker tool possibly followed by required arguments. Once launched it will receive the Python source to be checked as its standard input. To use flake8 you would set this to ("flake8" "-").

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 26.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/progmodes/python.el.gz
(defcustom python-flymake-command '("pyflakes")
  "The external tool that will be used to perform the syntax check.
This is a non empty list of strings, the checker tool possibly followed by
required arguments.  Once launched it will receive the Python source to be
checked as its standard input.
To use `flake8' you would set this to (\"flake8\" \"-\")."
  :version "26.1"
  :group 'python-flymake
  :type '(repeat string))