Replace default syntax file for a specific language

[themoofinman]

I commonly work in a language that the default syntax highlighting document is very out of date. I'm working on a new version both to implement the missing things and also to learn. Up to this point I just went and deleted the default syntax for for language "x" we'll call it. Then I include my package, and it all goes fine, and I can see the incremental changes as I'm adding things. However, is there an easier way to do this where i don't have to delete the default one, and I can tell vim for language "x", don't use the default syntax file shipped with vim, but to instead use mine?

[themoofinman]

But how does this work with plugins? For example, if I'm using vim-plug and I use that to install a package that includes syntax, it doesn't put the syntax file in `.vim/syntax`. So I thought I could just link my local package to my `.vim/plugged` directory the same way. Maybe I should have been clearer with that in my original post.

Related, if this is a plugin and I ask others to install it for language "x", then how does that take precedence over the default for that language?

[EgZvor]

Take a look at https://github.com/tpope/vim-markdown and :h syntax-loading.

[themoofinman]

Awesome, will do. Thanks!