Re: Vim syntax plugin loading issue

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 1:51:09 PM UTC-5, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Sam Burk wrote:
>
> > I am trying to use a plugin called vim-coldfusion (https://github.com/ernstvanderlinden/vim-coldfusion <https://github.com/ernstvanderlinden/vim-coldfusion>), which provides an alternative syntax file to the vim default.
> >
> > I am using Vim 8's builtin packages to load it.
> >
> > Whenever I load it via Vim's package system, it is read after the default cf syntax file (I got this information by looking at :scriptnames), but if I copy the syntax file to ~/.vim/syntax, it is read before the default syntax file. The plugin aborts if b:current_syntax is set, and it is set by the default cf syntax file. Thus, the plugin syntax file is never applied.
> >
> > How can I resolve this? Are syntax files under pack/ always read after the default syntax files?
> >
> > Ideally, I'd like to keep this plugin in pack/*/opt/ and load it only for cf files.
>
> The 'runtimepath' is updated with the directory of the package. It is
> added after the directory that matches, otherwise at the end.
>
> Is your package also under ~/.vim/syntax ? If not, then put it there.
>

Huh? Why would we put packages in ~/.vim/syntax? The whole point of packages is to avoid scattering and intermingling plugin files all over the ~/.vim tree.

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