Runs pylint against the current window/tab in BBEdit, displays results in new window. Now allows longer maximum line length!

pylint.scpt

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-- pylint.scpt
-- 04/17/17, v1.0, todd.mcdaniel@utah.edu 
--
-- Runs pylint against the current BBEdit document, displays results in new window.
-- Requires pylint to be installed. 
-- Save this script in ~/Library/Application\ Support/BBEdit/Scripts/pylint.scpt
--
--
tell application "BBEdit"
	activate
	set filename to file of text window 1
	set docname to name of text window 1
end tell

set this_date to current date
set window_name to "pylint output for " & docname & " on " & this_date

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pylint --max-line-length=240 -ry " & quoted form of the POSIX path of filename & " | /usr/bin/pbcopy"

tell application "BBEdit"
	activate
	do shell script "pbpaste | /usr/local/bin/bbedit --clean --new-window -t '" & window_name & "'"
	tell application "System Events" to key code 115
end tell

Thank you for figuring that out! I realized my script isn't what I currently use, so I edited the gist.