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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Matlab
+" Maintainer:	Preben 'Peppe' Guldberg <peppe-vim@wielders.org>
+"		Original author: Mario Eusebio
+" Last Change:	30 May 2003
+
+" 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 keyword matlabStatement		return
+syn keyword matlabLabel			case switch
+syn keyword matlabConditional		else elseif end if otherwise
+syn keyword matlabRepeat		do for while
+
+syn keyword matlabTodo			contained  TODO
+
+" If you do not want these operators lit, uncommment them and the "hi link" below
+syn match matlabArithmeticOperator	"[-+]"
+syn match matlabArithmeticOperator	"\.\=[*/\\^]"
+syn match matlabRelationalOperator	"[=~]="
+syn match matlabRelationalOperator	"[<>]=\="
+syn match matlabLogicalOperator		"[&|~]"
+
+syn match matlabLineContinuation	"\.\{3}"
+
+"syn match matlabIdentifier		"\<\a\w*\>"
+
+" String
+syn region matlabString			start=+'+ end=+'+	oneline
+
+" If you don't like tabs
+syn match matlabTab			"\t"
+
+" Standard numbers
+syn match matlabNumber		"\<\d\+[ij]\=\>"
+" floating point number, with dot, optional exponent
+syn match matlabFloat		"\<\d\+\(\.\d*\)\=\([edED][-+]\=\d\+\)\=[ij]\=\>"
+" floating point number, starting with a dot, optional exponent
+syn match matlabFloat		"\.\d\+\([edED][-+]\=\d\+\)\=[ij]\=\>"
+
+" Transpose character and delimiters: Either use just [...] or (...) aswell
+syn match matlabDelimiter		"[][]"
+"syn match matlabDelimiter		"[][()]"
+syn match matlabTransposeOperator	"[])a-zA-Z0-9.]'"lc=1
+
+syn match matlabSemicolon		";"
+
+syn match matlabComment			"%.*$"	contains=matlabTodo,matlabTab
+
+syn keyword matlabOperator		break zeros default margin round ones rand
+syn keyword matlabOperator		ceil floor size clear zeros eye mean std cov
+
+syn keyword matlabFunction		error eval function
+
+syn keyword matlabImplicit		abs acos atan asin cos cosh exp log prod sum
+syn keyword matlabImplicit		log10 max min sign sin sqrt tan reshape
+
+syn match matlabError	"-\=\<\d\+\.\d\+\.[^*/\\^]"
+syn match matlabError	"-\=\<\d\+\.\d\+[eEdD][-+]\=\d\+\.\([^*/\\^]\)"
+
+" 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_matlab_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_matlab_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink matlabTransposeOperator	matlabOperator
+  HiLink matlabOperator		Operator
+  HiLink matlabLineContinuation	Special
+  HiLink matlabLabel			Label
+  HiLink matlabConditional		Conditional
+  HiLink matlabRepeat			Repeat
+  HiLink matlabTodo			Todo
+  HiLink matlabString			String
+  HiLink matlabDelimiter		Identifier
+  HiLink matlabTransposeOther		Identifier
+  HiLink matlabNumber			Number
+  HiLink matlabFloat			Float
+  HiLink matlabFunction		Function
+  HiLink matlabError			Error
+  HiLink matlabImplicit		matlabStatement
+  HiLink matlabStatement		Statement
+  HiLink matlabSemicolon		SpecialChar
+  HiLink matlabComment			Comment
+
+  HiLink matlabArithmeticOperator	matlabOperator
+  HiLink matlabRelationalOperator	matlabOperator
+  HiLink matlabLogicalOperator		matlabOperator
+
+"optional highlighting
+  "HiLink matlabIdentifier		Identifier
+  "HiLink matlabTab			Error
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "matlab"
+
+"EOF	vim: ts=8 noet tw=100 sw=8 sts=0