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YAML layer

• Description
  • Features:
• Install
• Syntax checking with flycheck

Description

This layer provides support for the YAML file format.

Features:

• Syntax highlighting
• Syntax checking via flycheck

Install

To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to add yaml to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this file.

Syntax checking with flycheck

Flycheck checks YAML files with either:

• yaml-yamllint (requires yamllint)
• yaml-jsyaml (requires the node-js package js-yaml)
• or yaml-ruby (requires that ruby is installed on your system)

The flycheck YAML documentation can be found at the flycheck website.