How to debounce the linter?

[coolaj86]

I just started using tsserver as my linter for JSDoc + JavaScript, and it absolutely make vim unusable. There are 30 second pauses every time I edit an @param... or just at random while typing.

Is there a way to debounce a particular linter so that it only kicks in on save or after 5s without keystrokes or something like that?

[hsanson]

Does g:ale_lint_on_save help?

:h g:ale_lint_on_save

For overview of how ALE trigger lints and options to control it check:

:h ale-lint

[coolaj86]

I got E149: Sorry, no help for ale-lint.

How do I build the ale-lint help, or where do I view it online?

(got that for both, actually)

[coolaj86]

Ideally I would like to only enable that option for projects where tsconfig.json can be found in some parent directory, or perhaps only in JavaScript projects, but not all projects.

Or perhaps with a per-project .vimrc

~/.vimrc:

set exrc
set secure

~/my-project/.vimrc:

let g:ale_lint_on_save = 1