updated for version 7.0001
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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	B (A Formal Method with refinement and mathematical proof)
+" Maintainer:	Mathieu Clabaut <mathieu.clabaut@free.fr>
+" LastChange:	25 Apr 2001
+
+
+" 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
+
+
+" A bunch of useful B keywords
+syn keyword bStatement	MACHINE SEES OPERATIONS INCLUDES DEFINITIONS CONSTRAINTS CONSTANTS VARIABLES CONCRETE_CONSTANTS CONCRETE_VARIABLES ABSTRACT_CONSTANTS ABSTRACT_VARIABLES HIDDEN_CONSTANTS HIDDEN_VARIABLES ASSERT ASSERTIONS  EXTENDS IMPLEMENTATION REFINEMENT IMPORTS USES INITIALISATION INVARIANT PROMOTES PROPERTIES REFINES SETS VALUES VARIANT VISIBLE_CONSTANTS VISIBLE_VARIABLES THEORY
+syn keyword bLabel		CASE IN EITHER OR CHOICE DO OF
+syn keyword bConditional	IF ELSE SELECT ELSIF THEN WHEN
+syn keyword bRepeat		WHILE FOR
+syn keyword bOps		bool card conc closure closure1 dom first fnc front not or id inter iseq iseq1 iterate last max min mod perm pred prj1 prj2 ran rel rev seq seq1 size skip succ tail union
+syn keyword bKeywords		LET VAR BE IN BEGIN END  POW POW1 FIN FIN1  PRE  SIGMA STRING UNION IS ANY WHERE
+syn match bKeywords	"||"
+
+syn keyword bBoolean	TRUE FALSE bfalse btrue
+syn keyword bConstant	PI MAXINT MININT User_Pass PatchProver PatchProverH0 PatchProverB0 FLAT ARI DED SUB RES
+syn keyword bGuard binhyp band bnot bguard bsearch bflat bfresh bguardi bget bgethyp barith bgetresult bresult bgoal bmatch bmodr bnewv  bnum btest bpattern bprintf bwritef bsubfrm  bvrb blvar bcall bappend bclose
+
+syn keyword bLogic	or not
+syn match bLogic	"\&\|=>\|<=>"
+
+syn keyword cTodo contained	TODO FIXME XXX
+
+" String and Character constants
+" Highlight special characters (those which have a backslash) differently
+syn match bSpecial contained	"\\[0-7][0-7][0-7]\=\|\\."
+syn region bString		start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=bSpecial
+syn match bCharacter		"'[^\\]'"
+syn match bSpecialCharacter	"'\\.'"
+syn match bSpecialCharacter	"'\\[0-7][0-7]'"
+syn match bSpecialCharacter	"'\\[0-7][0-7][0-7]'"
+
+"catch errors caused by wrong parenthesis
+syn region bParen		transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,bParenError,bIncluded,bSpecial,bTodo,bUserLabel,bBitField
+syn match bParenError		")"
+syn match bInParen contained	"[{}]"
+
+"integer number, or floating point number without a dot and with "f".
+syn case ignore
+syn match bNumber		"\<[0-9]\+\>"
+"syn match bIdentifier	"\<[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*\>"
+syn case match
+
+if exists("b_comment_strings")
+  " A comment can contain bString, bCharacter and bNumber.
+  " But a "*/" inside a bString in a bComment DOES end the comment!  So we
+  " need to use a special type of bString: bCommentString, which also ends on
+  " "*/", and sees a "*" at the start of the line as comment again.
+  " Unfortunately this doesn't very well work for // type of comments :-(
+  syntax match bCommentSkip	contained "^\s*\*\($\|\s\+\)"
+  syntax region bCommentString	contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ end=+\*/+me=s-1 contains=bSpecial,bCommentSkip
+  syntax region bComment2String	contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ end="$" contains=bSpecial
+  syntax region bComment	start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=bTodo,bCommentString,bCharacter,bNumber,bFloat
+  syntax region bComment	start="/\?\*" end="\*\?/" contains=bTodo,bCommentString,bCharacter,bNumber,bFloat
+  syntax match  bComment	"//.*" contains=bTodo,bComment2String,bCharacter,bNumber
+else
+  syn region bComment		start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=bTodo
+  syn region bComment		start="/\?\*" end="\*\?/" contains=bTodo
+  syn match bComment		"//.*" contains=bTodo
+endif
+syntax match bCommentError	"\*/"
+
+syn keyword bType		INT INTEGER BOOL NAT NATURAL NAT1 NATURAL1
+
+syn region bPreCondit	start="^\s*#\s*\(if\>\|ifdef\>\|ifndef\>\|elif\>\|else\>\|endif\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=bComment,bString,bCharacter,bNumber,bCommentError
+syn region bIncluded contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+syn match bIncluded contained "<[^>]*>"
+syn match bInclude		"^\s*#\s*include\>\s*["<]" contains=bIncluded
+
+syn region bDefine		start="^\s*#\s*\(define\>\|undef\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=ALLBUT,bPreCondit,bIncluded,bInclude,bDefine,bInParen
+syn region bPreProc		start="^\s*#\s*\(pragma\>\|line\>\|warning\>\|warn\>\|error\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=ALLBUT,bPreCondit,bIncluded,bInclude,bDefine,bInParen
+
+
+syn sync ccomment bComment minlines=10
+
+" 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_b_syntax_inits")
+   if version < 508
+      let did_b_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 bLabel	Label
+  HiLink bUserLabel	Label
+  HiLink bConditional	Conditional
+  HiLink bRepeat	Repeat
+  HiLink bLogic	Special
+  HiLink bCharacter	Character
+  HiLink bSpecialCharacter bSpecial
+  HiLink bNumber	Number
+  HiLink bFloat	Float
+  HiLink bOctalError	bError
+  HiLink bParenError	bError
+" HiLink bInParen	bError
+  HiLink bCommentError	bError
+  HiLink bBoolean	Identifier
+  HiLink bConstant	Identifier
+  HiLink bGuard	Identifier
+  HiLink bOperator	Operator
+  HiLink bKeywords	Operator
+  HiLink bOps		Identifier
+  HiLink bStructure	Structure
+  HiLink bStorageClass	StorageClass
+  HiLink bInclude	Include
+  HiLink bPreProc	PreProc
+  HiLink bDefine	Macro
+  HiLink bIncluded	bString
+  HiLink bError	Error
+  HiLink bStatement	Statement
+  HiLink bPreCondit	PreCondit
+  HiLink bType		Type
+  HiLink bCommentError	bError
+  HiLink bCommentString bString
+  HiLink bComment2String bString
+  HiLink bCommentSkip	bComment
+  HiLink bString	String
+  HiLink bComment	Comment
+  HiLink bSpecial	SpecialChar
+  HiLink bTodo		Todo
+  "hi link bIdentifier	Identifier
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let current_syntax = "b"
+
+" vim: ts=8