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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language: Lifelines (v 3.0.7) http://lifelines.sourceforge.net
+" Maintainer: Patrick Texier <p.texier@orsennes.com>
+" Location: ftp://216.71.72.236/lifelines.vim
+" Last Change: 2002 Mar 03
+
+" 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
+
+" A bunch of useful lifelines keywords 3.0.7
+
+syn keyword lifelinesStatement set
+syn keyword lifelinesUser getindi geindiset getfam getint getstr choosechild
+syn keyword lifelinesUser chooseindi choosespouse choosesubset menuchoose
+syn keyword lifelinesUser choosefam getintmsg getindimsg getstrmsg
+syn keyword lifelinesProc proc func return call
+syn keyword lifelinesInclude include
+syn keyword lifelinesDef global
+syn keyword lifelinesConditional if else elsif switch
+syn keyword lifelinesRepeat continue break while
+syn keyword lifelinesLogical and or not eq ne lt gt le ge strcmp eqstr nestr
+syn keyword lifelinesArithm add sub mul div mod exp neg incr decr
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi name fullname surname givens trimname birth
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi death baptism burial
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi father mother nextsib prevsib sex male female
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi pn nspouses nfamilies parents title key
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi soundex inode root indi firstindi nextindi
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi previndi spouses families forindi indiset
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi addtoset deletefromset lengthset union intersect
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi difference parentset childset spouseset siblingset
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi ancestorset descendentset descendantset uniqueset
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi namesort keysort valuesort genindiset getindiset
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi forindiset lastindi writeindi
+syn keyword lifelinesIndi inset
+syn keyword lifelinesFam marriage husband wife nchildren firstchild
+syn keyword lifelinesFam lastchild fnode fam firstfam nextfam lastfam
+syn keyword lifelinesFam prevfam children forfam writefam
+syn keyword lifelinesList list empty length enqueue dequeue requeue
+syn keyword lifelinesList push pop setel getel forlist inlist
+syn keyword lifelinesTable table insert lookup
+syn keyword lifelinesGedcom xref tag value parent child sibling savenode
+syn keyword lifelinesGedcom fornodes traverse createnode addnode deletenode
+syn keyword lifelinesGedcom reference dereference getrecord
+syn keyword lifelinesGedcom gengedcom gengedcomstrong gengedcomweak
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct date place year long short gettoday dayformat
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct monthformat dateformat extractdate
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct complexdate
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct extractnames extractplaces extracttokens lower
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct upper capitalize trim rjustify save strsave
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct concat strconcat strlen substring index
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct d card ord alpha roman strsoundex strtoint
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct atoi linemode pagemod col row pos pageout nl
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct sp qt newfile outfile copyfile print lock unlock
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct database version system stddate program
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct pvalue pagemode level extractdatestr debug
+syn keyword lifelinesFunct f free getcol getproperty heapused
+
+syn region lifelinesString start=+L\="+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=lifelinesSpecial
+
+syn region lifelinesComment start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=lifelinesComment
+
+" Only integers with lifelines
+
+syn match lifelinesNumber "\<\d\+\>"
+
+"catch errors caused by wrong parenthesis
+"adapted from original c.vim written by Bram Moolenaar
+
+syn cluster lifelinesParenGroup contains=lifelinesParenError
+syn region lifelinesParen transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,@lifelinesParenGroup
+syn match lifelinesParenError ")"
+syn match lifelinesErrInParen contained "[{}]"
+
+" 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_lifelines_syn_inits")
+ if version < 508
+ let did_lifelines_syn_inits = 1
+ command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+ else
+ command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+ endif
+
+ HiLink lifelinesConditional Conditional
+ HiLink lifelinesArithm Operator
+ HiLink lifelinesLogical Conditional
+ HiLink lifelinesInclude Include
+ HiLink lifelinesComment Comment
+ HiLink lifelinesStatement Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesUser Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesFunct Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesTable Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesGedcom Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesList Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesRepeat Repeat
+ HiLink lifelinesFam Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesIndi Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesProc Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesDef Statement
+ HiLink lifelinesString String
+ HiLink lifelinesNumber Number
+ HiLink lifelinesParenError Error
+ HiLink lifelinesErrInParen Error
+
+ delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "lifelines"
+
+" vim: ts=8