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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language: COBOL
+" Maintainers:  Davyd Ondrejko <vondraco@columbus.rr.com>
+"     (formerly Sitaram Chamarty <sitaram@diac.com> and
+"		    James Mitchell <james_mitchell@acm.org>)
+" Last change:  2001 Sep 02
+
+" 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
+
+" MOST important - else most of the keywords wont work!
+if version < 600
+  set isk=@,48-57,-
+else
+  setlocal isk=@,48-57,-
+endif
+
+syn case ignore
+
+syn match cobolKeys "^\a\{1,6\}" contains=cobolReserved
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained ACCEPT ACCESS ADD ADDRESS ADVANCING AFTER ALPHABET ALPHABETIC
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained ALPHABETIC-LOWER ALPHABETIC-UPPER ALPHANUMERIC ALPHANUMERIC-EDITED ALS
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained ALTERNATE AND ANY ARE AREA AREAS ASCENDING ASSIGN AT AUTHOR BEFORE BINARY
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained BLANK BLOCK BOTTOM BY CANCEL CBLL CD CF CH CHARACTER CHARACTERS CLASS
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained CLOCK-UNITS CLOSE COBOL CODE CODE-SET COLLATING COLUMN COMMA COMMON
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTATIONAL COMPUTE CONFIGURATION CONTENT CONTINUE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained CONTROL CONVERTING CORR CORRESPONDING COUNT CURRENCY DATA DATE DATE-COMPILED
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained DATE-WRITTEN DAY DAY-OF-WEEK DE DEBUG-CONTENTS DEBUG-ITEM DEBUG-LINE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained DEBUG-NAME DEBUG-SUB-1 DEBUG-SUB-2 DEBUG-SUB-3 DEBUGGING DECIMAL-POINT
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained DELARATIVES DELETE DELIMITED DELIMITER DEPENDING DESCENDING DESTINATION
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained DETAIL DISABLE DISPLAY DIVIDE DIVISION DOWN DUPLICATES DYNAMIC EGI ELSE EMI
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained ENABLE END-ADD END-COMPUTE END-DELETE END-DIVIDE END-EVALUATE END-IF
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-MULTIPLY END-OF-PAGE END-PERFORM END-READ END-RECEIVE END-RETURN
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-REWRITE END-SEARCH END-START END-STRING END-SUBTRACT END-UNSTRING
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-WRITE ENVIRONMENT EQUAL ERROR ESI EVALUATE EVERY EXCEPTION EXIT
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained EXTEND EXTERNAL FALSE FD FILE FILE-CONTROL FILLER FINAL FIRST FOOTING FOR FROM
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained GENERATE GIVING GLOBAL GREATER GROUP HEADING HIGH-VALUE HIGH-VALUES I-O
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained I-O-CONTROL IDENTIFICATION IN INDEX INDEXED INDICATE INITIAL INITIALIZE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained INITIATE INPUT INPUT-OUTPUT INSPECT INSTALLATION INTO IS JUST
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained JUSTIFIED KEY LABEL LAST LEADING LEFT LENGTH LOCK MEMORY
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained MERGE MESSAGE MODE MODULES MOVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLY NATIVE NEGATIVE NEXT NO NOT
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained NUMBER NUMERIC NUMERIC-EDITED OBJECT-COMPUTER OCCURS OF OFF OMITTED ON OPEN
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained OPTIONAL OR ORDER ORGANIZATION OTHER OUTPUT OVERFLOW PACKED-DECIMAL PADDING
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained PAGE PAGE-COUNTER PERFORM PF PH PIC PICTURE PLUS POINTER POSITION POSITIVE
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained PRINTING PROCEDURE PROCEDURES PROCEDD PROGRAM PROGRAM-ID PURGE QUEUE QUOTES
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained RANDOM RD READ RECEIVE RECORD RECORDS REDEFINES REEL REFERENCE REFERENCES
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained RELATIVE RELEASE REMAINDER REMOVAL REPLACE REPLACING REPORT REPORTING
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained REPORTS RERUN RESERVE RESET RETURN RETURNING REVERSED REWIND REWRITE RF RH
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained RIGHT ROUNDED RUN SAME SD SEARCH SECTION SECURITY SEGMENT SEGMENT-LIMITED
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained SELECT SEND SENTENCE SEPARATE SEQUENCE SEQUENTIAL SET SIGN SIZE SORT
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained SORT-MERGE SOURCE SOURCE-COMPUTER SPECIAL-NAMES STANDARD
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained STANDARD-1 STANDARD-2 START STATUS STOP STRING SUB-QUEUE-1 SUB-QUEUE-2
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained SUB-QUEUE-3 SUBTRACT SUM SUPPRESS SYMBOLIC SYNC SYNCHRONIZED TABLE TALLYING
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained TAPE TERMINAL TERMINATE TEST TEXT THAN THEN THROUGH THRU TIME TIMES TO TOP
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained TRAILING TRUE TYPE UNIT UNSTRING UNTIL UP UPON USAGE USE USING VALUE VALUES
+syn keyword cobolReserved contained VARYING WHEN WITH WORDS WORKING-STORAGE WRITE
+syn match   cobolReserved contained "\<CONTAINS\>"
+syn match   cobolReserved contained "\<\(IF\|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>"
+syn match   cobolReserved contained "\<ALL\>"
+
+syn keyword cobolConstant SPACE SPACES NULL ZERO ZEROES ZEROS LOW-VALUE LOW-VALUES
+
+syn match   cobolMarker       "^.\{6\}"
+syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6\}[^ D\-*$/].*"hs=s+6
+
+" If comment mark somehow gets into column past Column 7.
+syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6\}\s\+\*.*"
+
+syn match   cobolNumber       "\<-\=\d*\.\=\d\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<S*9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<$*\.\=9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<Z*\.\=9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<V9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<9\+V\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolPic		"\<-\+[Z9]\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
+syn match   cobolTodo		"todo" contained
+syn match   cobolComment      "^.\{6\}\*.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolComment      "^.\{6\}/.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolComment      "^.\{6\}C.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolCompiler     "^.\{6\}$.*"hs=s+6
+
+" For MicroFocus or other inline comments, include this line.
+" syn region  cobolComment      start="*>" end="$" contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
+
+syn keyword cobolGoTo		GO GOTO
+syn keyword cobolCopy		COPY
+
+" cobolBAD: things that are BAD NEWS!
+syn keyword cobolBAD		ALTER ENTER RENAMES
+
+" cobolWatch: things that are important when trying to understand a program
+syn keyword cobolWatch		OCCURS DEPENDING VARYING BINARY COMP REDEFINES
+syn keyword cobolWatch		REPLACING RUN
+syn match   cobolWatch		"COMP-[123456XN]"
+
+syn keyword cobolEXECs		EXEC END-EXEC
+
+
+syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \{1,4}\(0\=1\|77\|78\) "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \+[1-4]\d "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \+0\=[2-9] "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+syn match   cobolDecl		"^.\{6} \+66 "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+
+syn match   cobolWatch		"^.\{6} \+88 "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
+
+syn match   cobolBadID		"\k\+-\($\|[^-A-Z0-9]\)"
+
+syn keyword cobolCALLs		CALL CANCEL GOBACK PERFORM INVOKE
+syn match   cobolCALLs		"EXIT \+PROGRAM"
+syn match   cobolExtras       /\<VALUE \+\d\+\./hs=s+6,he=e-1
+
+syn match   cobolString       /"[^"]*\("\|$\)/
+syn match   cobolString       /'[^']*\('\|$\)/
+
+syn region  cobolLine       start="^.\{6} " end="$" contains=ALL
+
+if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
+syn region  cobolCondFlow     contains=ALLBUT,cobolLine start="\<\(IF\|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>" skip=/\('\|"\)[^"]\{-}\("\|'\|$\)/ end="\." keepend
+endif
+
+if ! exists("cobol_legacy_code")
+    " catch junk in columns 1-6 for modern code
+    syn match cobolBAD      "^ \{0,5\}[^ ].*"
+endif
+
+" many legacy sources have junk in columns 1-6: must be before others
+" Stuff after column 72 is in error - must be after all other "match" entries
+if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
+    syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6}[^*/].\{66,\}"
+else
+    syn match   cobolBadLine      "^.\{6}.\{67,\}"
+endif
+
+" 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_cobol_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_cobol_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink cobolBAD      Error
+  HiLink cobolBadID    Error
+  HiLink cobolBadLine  Error
+  HiLink cobolMarker   Comment
+  HiLink cobolCALLs    Function
+  HiLink cobolComment  Comment
+  HiLink cobolKeys     Comment
+  HiLink cobolAreaB    Special
+  HiLink cobolCompiler PreProc
+  HiLink cobolCondFlow Special
+  HiLink cobolCopy     PreProc
+  HiLink cobolDecl     Type
+  HiLink cobolExtras   Special
+  HiLink cobolGoTo     Special
+  HiLink cobolConstant Constant
+  HiLink cobolNumber   Constant
+  HiLink cobolPic      Constant
+  HiLink cobolReserved Statement
+  HiLink cobolString   Constant
+  HiLink cobolTodo     Todo
+  HiLink cobolWatch    Special
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "cobol"
+
+" vim: ts=6 nowrap