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+" Vim compiler file
+" Compiler:	HTML Tidy
+" Maintainer:	Doug Kearns <djkea2@mugca.its.monash.edu.au>
+" URL:		http://mugca.its.monash.edu.au/~djkea2/vim/compiler/tidy.vim
+" Last Change:	2004 Mar 27
+
+" NOTE: set 'tidy_compiler_040800' if you are using the 4th August 2000 release
+"       of HTML Tidy.
+
+if exists("current_compiler")
+  finish
+endif
+let current_compiler = "tidy"
+
+if exists(":CompilerSet") != 2		" older Vim always used :setlocal
+  command -nargs=* CompilerSet setlocal <args>
+endif
+
+" this is needed to work around a bug in the 04/08/00 release of tidy which
+" failed to set the filename if the -quiet option was used
+if exists("tidy_compiler_040800")
+  CompilerSet makeprg=tidy\ -errors\ --gnu-emacs\ yes\ %
+else
+  CompilerSet makeprg=tidy\ -quiet\ -errors\ --gnu-emacs\ yes\ %
+endif
+
+" sample warning: foo.html:8:1: Warning: inserting missing 'foobar' element
+" sample error:   foo.html:9:2: Error: <foobar> is not recognized!
+CompilerSet errorformat=%f:%l:%c:\ Error:%m,%f:%l:%c:\ Warning:%m,%-G%.%#