Allow to disable only syntax highlighting, #556

README.md

@@ -263,7 +263,13 @@ The list of available languages to disable is shown above.
 
 *Please declare this variable before polyglot is loaded (at the top of .vimrc)*
 
-Please note that disabling a language won't make in your vim startup any faster / slower (only for specific this specific filetype). All plugins are loaded lazily, on demand.
+If you wish to use filetype detection by Vim Polyglot but you'd like to use your own syntax-highlighting plugin, you can append `.plugin` to disabled entry, like so:
+
+```vim
+let g:polyglot_disabled = ['markdown.plugin']
+```
+
+Please note that disabling a language won't make in your vim startup any faster / slower (only for specific this specific filetype). All plugins are lazily loaded only when they are really needed.
 
 Vim Polyglot tries to automatically detect indentation settings (just like vim-sleuth). If this feature is not working for you for some reason, please file an issue and disable it temporarily with:
 

ftdetect/polyglot.vim

@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ if exists('g:polyglot_test')
 endif
 
 let s:disabled_packages = {}
+let s:new_polyglot_disabled = []
 
 if exists('g:polyglot_disabled')
   for pkg in g:polyglot_disabled
-    let s:disabled_packages[pkg] = 1
+    let base = split(pkg, '\.')
+    if len(base) > 0
+      let s:disabled_packages[pkg] = 1
+      call add(s:new_polyglot_disabled, base[0]) 
+    endif
   endfor
 else
   let g:polyglot_disabled_not_set = 1
@@ -2227,6 +2232,12 @@ endfunc
 au BufEnter * if &ft == "" && expand("<afile>") !~ g:ft_ignore_pat
       \ | call s:observe_filetype() | endif
 
+
+" Save polyglot_disabled without postfixes
+if exists('g:polyglot_disabled')
+  let g:polyglot_disabled = s:new_polyglot_disabled
+endif
+
 " restore Vi compatibility settings
 let &cpo = s:cpo_save
 unlet s:cpo_save