How do I make my own syntax have precedence over syn_generic?

[hovsater]

I've setup my own syntax for Ruby. But whenever I open a Ruby file, syn_generic kicks in and I have to do M-o y, syn_ruby to switch the syntax to what I want. Both syntaxes are matching Ruby files.

I found this in the source

mle/bview.c

Lines 628 to 635 in eb37d13

	} else if (self->buffer->path) {
	// Set by path
	HASH_ITER(hh, self->editor->syntax_map, syntax, syntax_tmp) {
	if (util_pcre_match(syntax->path_pattern, self->buffer->path, strlen(self->buffer->path), NULL, NULL)) {
	use_syntax = syntax;
	break;
	}
	}

I guess since syn_generic is registered first and is matching Ruby files as well, it will always be chosen over any customisations. Is that right?

[adsr]

Ah yes, good catch! Let's see if we can iterate in reverse so that later syntaxes take priority.

[adsr]

Let me know how that works for you @KevinSjoberg. Thanks again.