Invalid position given by 'W069'

[rafmjr]

JSHint returned a point that did not exist in the document being edited. Rule: W069 Requested point: 228:51

Debug information:

Atom version: 1.18.0
linter-jshint version: v3.1.5
JSHint version: jshint v2.9.5
Hours since last Atom restart: 4.8
Platform: win32
Current file's scopes: [
  "source.js",
  "meta.switch-statement.js",
  "string.quoted.single.js",
  "punctuation.definition.string.begin.js"
]
linter-jshint configuration: {
  "executablePath": "C:\\Users\\rafam\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\jshint\\bin\\jshint",
  "lintInlineJavaScript": true,
  "disableWhenNoJshintrcFileInPath": false,
  "scopes": [
    "source.js",
    "source.js-semantic"
  ],
  "jshintFileName": ".jshintrc",
  "jshintignoreFilename": ".jshintignore"
}

[Arcanemagus]

Does your file use tabs for indentation?

[rafmjr]

Yes it does? Should I use spaces instead?

[Arcanemagus]

Although that is normally a personal preference, currently there is a major bug with JSHint and how it handles tabs. You can follow the details here: https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/3151.

If anyone else is directed to this issue and isn't using tabs to indent your files please file a new issue with a file to reproduce it on the JSHint repo, or file one here and I'll try to help you in getting one filed there where it can be fixed.

[rafmjr]

So if it changing to space indentation fixes the problem then I would do it, at least until the bug is fixed. Thanks for the follow-up and you guys keep the work hard.

[Arcanemagus]

There are reports that if you set your indent property of your JSHint configuration to 1 this issue can be worked around. If you don't have a .jshintrc file the following should work:

{
  "indent": 1
}