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+" Vim filetype plugin file
+" Langugage:	    Automake
+" Maintainer:	    Nikolai Weibull <source@pcppopper.org>
+" URL:		    http://www.pcppopper.org/vim/ftplugin/pcp/automake/
+" Latest Revision:  2004-05-22
+" arch-tag:	    3a78b0cd-27b2-410a-8e7b-51a1717c2a5b
+
+" Same as makefile filetype plugin for now.
+runtime! ftplugin/make.vim ftplugin/make_*.vim ftplugin/make/*.vim
+
+" vim: set sts=2 sw=2: