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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