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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language
+" Maintainer:	Vladimir Scholtz <vlado@gjh.sk>
+" Last change:	2001 Sep 02
+" Available on:	www.gjh.sk/~vlado/bc.vim
+
+" 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
+
+" Keywords
+syn keyword bcKeyword if else while for break continue return limits halt quit
+syn keyword bcKeyword define
+syn keyword bcKeyword length read sqrt print
+
+" Variable
+syn keyword bcType auto
+
+" Constant
+syn keyword bcConstant scale ibase obase last
+syn keyword bcConstant BC_BASE_MAX BC_DIM_MAX BC_SCALE_MAX BC_STRING_MAX
+syn keyword bcConstant BC_ENV_ARGS BC_LINE_LENGTH
+
+" Any other stuff
+syn match bcIdentifier		"[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*"
+
+" String
+ syn match bcString		"\"[^"]*\""
+
+" Number
+syn match bcNumber		"[0-9]\+"
+
+" Comment
+syn match bcComment		"\#.*"
+syn region bcComment		start="/\*" end="\*/"
+
+" Parent ()
+syn cluster bcAll contains=bcList,bcIdentifier,bcNumber,bcKeyword,bcType,bcConstant,bcString,bcParentError
+syn region bcList		matchgroup=Delimiter start="(" skip="|.\{-}|" matchgroup=Delimiter end=")" contains=@bcAll
+syn region bcList		matchgroup=Delimiter start="\[" skip="|.\{-}|" matchgroup=Delimiter end="\]" contains=@bcAll
+syn match bcParenError			"]"
+syn match bcParenError			")"
+
+
+
+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_bc_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_bc_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink bcKeyword		Statement
+  HiLink bcType		Type
+  HiLink bcConstant		Constant
+  HiLink bcNumber		Number
+  HiLink bcComment		Comment
+  HiLink bcString		String
+  HiLink bcSpecialChar		SpecialChar
+  HiLink bcParenError		Error
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "bc"
+" vim: ts=8