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+" Vim filetype plugin
+" Language:     Ruby
+" Maintainer:   Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au>
+" Last Change:  2002/08/12
+" URL: www.soyabean.com.au/gavin/vim/index.html
+
+" Only do this when not done yet for this buffer
+if (exists("b:did_ftplugin"))
+    finish
+endif
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+" There are no known setting particularly appropriate for Ruby.  Please
+" contact the maintainer if you think of some.