Before: Save g:ale_pascal_ptop_executable Save g:ale_pascal_ptop_options " Use an invalid global executable, so we don't match it. let g:ale_pascal_ptop_executable = 'xxxinvalid' let g:ale_pascal_ptop_options = '' call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/fixers') After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(The ptop callback should return the correct default values): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/pascal/test.pas') AssertEqual \ { \ 'read_temporary_file': 1, \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') \ . ' %s %t', \ }, \ ale#fixers#ptop#Fix(bufnr('')) Execute(The ptop callback should include custom ptop options): let g:ale_pascal_ptop_options = "-i 2" call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/pascal/test.pas') AssertEqual \ { \ 'read_temporary_file': 1, \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') \ . ' ' . g:ale_pascal_ptop_options \ . ' %s %t', \ }, \ ale#fixers#ptop#Fix(bufnr(''))