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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	GNU Assembler
+" Maintainer:	Kevin Dahlhausen <kdahlhaus@yahoo.com>
+" Last Change:	2002 Sep 19
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+syn case ignore
+
+
+" storage types
+syn match asmType "\.long"
+syn match asmType "\.ascii"
+syn match asmType "\.asciz"
+syn match asmType "\.byte"
+syn match asmType "\.double"
+syn match asmType "\.float"
+syn match asmType "\.hword"
+syn match asmType "\.int"
+syn match asmType "\.octa"
+syn match asmType "\.quad"
+syn match asmType "\.short"
+syn match asmType "\.single"
+syn match asmType "\.space"
+syn match asmType "\.string"
+syn match asmType "\.word"
+
+syn match asmLabel		"[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*:"he=e-1
+syn match asmIdentifier		"[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*"
+
+" Various #'s as defined by GAS ref manual sec 3.6.2.1
+" Technically, the first decNumber def is actually octal,
+" since the value of 0-7 octal is the same as 0-7 decimal,
+" I prefer to map it as decimal:
+syn match decNumber		"0\+[1-7]\=[\t\n$,; ]"
+syn match decNumber		"[1-9]\d*"
+syn match octNumber		"0[0-7][0-7]\+"
+syn match hexNumber		"0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]\+"
+syn match binNumber		"0[bB][0-1]*"
+
+
+syn match asmSpecialComment	";\*\*\*.*"
+syn match asmComment		";.*"hs=s+1
+
+syn match asmInclude		"\.include"
+syn match asmCond		"\.if"
+syn match asmCond		"\.else"
+syn match asmCond		"\.endif"
+syn match asmMacro		"\.macro"
+syn match asmMacro		"\.endm"
+
+syn match asmDirective		"\.[a-z][a-z]\+"
+
+
+syn case match
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
+" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_asm_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_asm_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  " The default methods for highlighting.  Can be overridden later
+  HiLink asmSection	Special
+  HiLink asmLabel	Label
+  HiLink asmComment	Comment
+  HiLink asmDirective	Statement
+
+  HiLink asmInclude	Include
+  HiLink asmCond	PreCondit
+  HiLink asmMacro	Macro
+
+  HiLink hexNumber	Number
+  HiLink decNumber	Number
+  HiLink octNumber	Number
+  HiLink binNumber	Number
+
+  HiLink asmSpecialComment Comment
+  HiLink asmIdentifier Identifier
+  HiLink asmType	Type
+
+  " My default color overrides:
+  " hi asmSpecialComment ctermfg=red
+  " hi asmIdentifier ctermfg=lightcyan
+  " hi asmType ctermbg=black ctermfg=brown
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "asm"
+
+" vim: ts=8