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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     Dot
+" Filenames:    *.dot
+" Maintainer:   Markus Mottl  <markus@oefai.at>
+" URL:		http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~markus/vim/syntax/dot.vim
+" Last Change:	2003 May 11
+"		2001 May 04 - initial version
+
+" 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
+
+" Errors
+syn match    dotParErr     ")"
+syn match    dotBrackErr   "]"
+syn match    dotBraceErr   "}"
+
+" Enclosing delimiters
+syn region   dotEncl transparent matchgroup=dotParEncl start="(" matchgroup=dotParEncl end=")" contains=ALLBUT,dotParErr
+syn region   dotEncl transparent matchgroup=dotBrackEncl start="\[" matchgroup=dotBrackEncl end="\]" contains=ALLBUT,dotBrackErr
+syn region   dotEncl transparent matchgroup=dotBraceEncl start="{" matchgroup=dotBraceEncl end="}" contains=ALLBUT,dotBraceErr
+
+" Comments
+syn region   dotComment start="//" end="$" contains=dotComment,dotTodo
+syn region   dotComment start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=dotComment,dotTodo
+syn keyword  dotTodo contained TODO FIXME XXX
+
+" Strings
+syn region   dotString    start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+
+" General keywords
+syn keyword  dotKeyword  digraph node edge subgraph
+
+" Graph attributes
+syn keyword  dotType center layers margin mclimit name nodesep nslimit
+syn keyword  dotType ordering page pagedir rank rankdir ranksep ratio
+syn keyword  dotType rotate size
+
+" Node attributes
+syn keyword  dotType distortion fillcolor fontcolor fontname fontsize
+syn keyword  dotType height layer orientation peripheries regular
+syn keyword  dotType shape shapefile sides skew width
+
+" Edge attributes
+syn keyword  dotType arrowhead arrowsize arrowtail constraint decorateP
+syn keyword  dotType dir headclip headlabel labelangle labeldistance
+syn keyword  dotType labelfontcolor labelfontname labelfontsize
+syn keyword  dotType minlen port_label_distance samehead sametail
+syn keyword  dotType tailclip taillabel weight
+
+" Shared attributes (graphs, nodes, edges)
+syn keyword  dotType color
+
+" Shared attributes (graphs and edges)
+syn keyword  dotType bgcolor label URL
+
+" Shared attributes (nodes and edges)
+syn keyword  dotType fontcolor fontname fontsize layer style
+
+" Special chars
+syn match    dotKeyChar  "="
+syn match    dotKeyChar  ";"
+syn match    dotKeyChar  "->"
+
+" Identifier
+syn match    dotIdentifier /\<\w\+\>/
+
+" Synchronization
+syn sync minlines=50
+syn sync maxlines=500
+
+" 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_dot_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_dot_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink dotParErr	 Error
+  HiLink dotBraceErr	 Error
+  HiLink dotBrackErr	 Error
+
+  HiLink dotComment	 Comment
+  HiLink dotTodo	 Todo
+
+  HiLink dotParEncl	 Keyword
+  HiLink dotBrackEncl	 Keyword
+  HiLink dotBraceEncl	 Keyword
+
+  HiLink dotKeyword	 Keyword
+  HiLink dotType	 Type
+  HiLink dotKeyChar	 Keyword
+
+  HiLink dotString	 String
+  HiLink dotIdentifier	 Identifier
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "dot"
+
+" vim: ts=8