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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language: Dylan
+" Authors: Justus Pendleton <justus@acm.org>
+" Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
+" Last Change: Fri Sep 29 13:45:55 PDT 2000
+"
+" This syntax file is based on the Haskell, Perl, Scheme, and C
+" syntax files.
+
+" Part 1: Syntax definition
+" 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
+
+if version < 600
+ set lisp
+else
+ setlocal lisp
+endif
+
+" Highlight special characters (those that have backslashes) differently
+syn match dylanSpecial display contained "\\\(x\x\+\|\o\{1,3}\|.\|$\)"
+
+" Keywords
+syn keyword dylanBlock afterwards begin block cleanup end
+syn keyword dylanClassMods abstract concrete primary inherited virtual
+syn keyword dylanException exception handler signal
+syn keyword dylanParamDefs method class function library macro interface
+syn keyword dylanSimpleDefs constant variable generic primary
+syn keyword dylanOther above below from by in instance local slot subclass then to
+syn keyword dylanConditional if when select case else elseif unless finally otherwise then
+syn keyword dylanRepeat begin for until while from to
+syn keyword dylanStatement define let
+syn keyword dylanImport use import export exclude rename create
+syn keyword dylanMiscMods open sealed domain singleton sideways inline functional
+
+" Matching rules for special forms
+syn match dylanOperator "\s[-!%&\*\+/=\?@\\^|~:]\+[-#!>%&:\*\+/=\?@\\^|~]*"
+syn match dylanOperator "\(\<[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_']*\.\)\=:[-!#$%&\*\+./=\?@\\^|~:]*"
+" Numbers
+syn match dylanNumber "\<[0-9]\+\>\|\<0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]\+\>\|\<0[oO][0-7]\+\>"
+syn match dylanNumber "\<[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\([eE][-+]\=[0-9]\+\)\=\>"
+" Booleans
+syn match dylanBoolean "#t\|#f"
+" Comments
+syn match dylanComment "//.*"
+syn region dylanComment start="/\*" end="\*/"
+" Strings
+syn region dylanString start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=dySpecial
+syn match dylanCharacter "'[^\\]'"
+" Constants, classes, and variables
+syn match dylanConstant "$\<[a-zA-Z0-9\-]\+\>"
+syn match dylanClass "<\<[a-zA-Z0-9\-]\+\>>"
+syn match dylanVariable "\*\<[a-zA-Z0-9\-]\+\>\*"
+" Preconditions
+syn region dylanPrecondit start="^\s*#\s*\(if\>\|else\>\|endif\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$"
+
+" These appear at the top of files (usually). I like to highlight the whole line
+" so that the definition stands out. They should probably really be keywords, but they
+" don't generally appear in the middle of a line of code.
+syn region dylanHeader start="^[Mm]odule:" end="^$"
+
+" 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_dylan_syntax_inits")
+ if version < 508
+ let did_dylan_syntax_inits = 1
+ command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+ else
+ command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+ endif
+
+ HiLink dylanBlock PreProc
+ HiLink dylanBoolean Boolean
+ HiLink dylanCharacter Character
+ HiLink dylanClass Structure
+ HiLink dylanClassMods StorageClass
+ HiLink dylanComment Comment
+ HiLink dylanConditional Conditional
+ HiLink dylanConstant Constant
+ HiLink dylanException Exception
+ HiLink dylanHeader Macro
+ HiLink dylanImport Include
+ HiLink dylanLabel Label
+ HiLink dylanMiscMods StorageClass
+ HiLink dylanNumber Number
+ HiLink dylanOther Keyword
+ HiLink dylanOperator Operator
+ HiLink dylanParamDefs Keyword
+ HiLink dylanPrecondit PreCondit
+ HiLink dylanRepeat Repeat
+ HiLink dylanSimpleDefs Keyword
+ HiLink dylanStatement Macro
+ HiLink dylanString String
+ HiLink dylanVariable Identifier
+
+ delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "dylan"
+
+" vim:ts=8