Before: Save g:ale_command_wrapper let g:ale_command_wrapper = '' function! TestCommand(expected_part, input) abort let l:expected = has('win32') \ ? 'cmd /s/c "' . a:expected_part . '"' \ : split(&shell) + split(&shellcmdflag) + [a:expected_part] AssertEqual l:expected, ale#job#PrepareCommand(bufnr(''), a:input) endfunction After: Restore unlet! b:ale_command_wrapper delfunction TestCommand Execute(The command wrapper should work with a nice command): let b:ale_command_wrapper = 'nice -n 5' call TestCommand('nice -n 5 foo bar', 'foo bar') Execute(The command wrapper should work with a nice command with an explicit marker): let b:ale_command_wrapper = 'nice -n 5 %*' call TestCommand('nice -n 5 foo bar', 'foo bar') Execute(Wrappers with spread arguments in the middle should be suppported): let b:ale_command_wrapper = 'wrap %* --' call TestCommand('wrap foo bar --', 'foo bar') Execute(Wrappers with the command as one argument should be supported): let b:ale_command_wrapper = 'wrap -c %@ -x' call TestCommand('wrap -c ' . ale#Escape('foo bar') . ' -x', 'foo bar') Execute(&& and ; should be moved to the front): let b:ale_command_wrapper = 'wrap -c %@ -x' call TestCommand('foo && bar; wrap -c ' . ale#Escape('baz') . ' -x', 'foo && bar;baz') let b:ale_command_wrapper = 'nice -n 5' call TestCommand('foo && bar; nice -n 5 baz -z', 'foo && bar;baz -z')