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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	    mplayer(1) configuration file
+" Maintainer:	    Nikolai Weibull <source@pcppopper.org>
+" URL:		    http://www.pcppopper.org/vim/syntax/pcp/mplayerconf/
+" Latest Revision:  2004-05-22
+" arch-tag:	    c20b9381-5858-4452-b866-54e2e1891229
+
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Set iskeyword since we need `-' (and potentially others) in keywords.
+" For version 5.x: Set it globally
+" For version 6.x: Set it locally
+if version >= 600
+  command -nargs=1 SetIsk setlocal iskeyword=<args>
+else
+  command -nargs=1 SetIsk set iskeyword=<args>
+endif
+SetIsk @,48-57,-
+delcommand SetIsk
+
+" Todo
+syn keyword mplayerconfTodo	contained TODO FIXME XXX NOTE
+
+" Comments
+syn region mplayerconfComment   display matchgroup=mplayerconfComment start='#' end='$' contains=mplayerconfTodo
+
+" PreProc
+syn keyword mplayerconfPreProc  include
+
+" Booleans
+syn keyword mplayerconfBoolean  yes no
+
+" Numbers
+syn match   mplayerconfNumber   '\<\d\+\>'
+
+" Options
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption	hardframedrop nomouseinput bandwidth dumpstream
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption	rtsp-stream-over-tcp tv overlapsub sub-bg-alpha
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption	subfont-outline unicode format vo edl cookies
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption	fps zrfd af-adv nosound audio-density
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption	passlogfile vobsuboutindex
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   autoq autosync benchmark colorkey nocolorkey
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   edlout enqueue fixed-vo framedrop h
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   identify input lircconf list-options loop menu
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   menu-cfg menu-root nojoystick nolirc
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   nortc playlist quiet really-quiet shuffle skin
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   slave softsleep speed sstep use-stdin aid alang
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   audio-demuxer audiofile audiofile-cache
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   cdrom-device cache cdda channels chapter
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   cookies-file demuxer dumpaudio dumpfile
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   dumpvideo dvbin dvd-device dvdangle forceidx
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   frames hr-mp3-seek idx ipv4-only-proxy loadidx
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   mc mf ni nobps noextbased passwd prefer-ipv4
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   prefer-ipv6 rawaudio rawvideo
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   saveidx sb srate ss tskeepbroken tsprog tsprobe
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   user user-agent vid vivo dumpjacosub
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   dumpmicrodvdsub dumpmpsub dumpsami dumpsrtsub
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   dumpsub ffactor flip-hebrew font forcedsubsonly
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   fribidi-charset ifo noautosub osdlevel
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   sid slang spuaa spualign spugauss sub
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   sub-bg-color sub-demuxer sub-fuzziness
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   sub-no-text-pp subalign subcc subcp subdelay
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   subfile subfont-autoscale subfont-blur
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   subfont-encoding subfont-osd-scale
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   subfont-text-scale subfps subpos subwidth
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   utf8 vobsub vobsubid abs ao aofile aop delay
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   mixer nowaveheader aa bpp brightness contrast
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   dfbopts display double dr dxr2 fb fbmode
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   fbmodeconfig forcexv fs fsmode-dontuse fstype
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   geometry guiwid hue jpeg monitor-dotclock
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   monitor-hfreq monitor-vfreq monitoraspect
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   nograbpointer nokeepaspect noxv ontop panscan
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   rootwin saturation screenw stop-xscreensaver vm
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   vsync wid xineramascreen z zrbw zrcrop zrdev
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   zrhelp zrnorm zrquality zrvdec zrxdoff ac af
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   afm aspect flip lavdopts noaspect noslices
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   novideo oldpp pp pphelp ssf stereo sws vc vfm x
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   xvidopts xy y zoom vf vop audio-delay
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   audio-preload endpos ffourcc include info
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   noautoexpand noskip o oac of ofps ovc
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   skiplimit v vobsubout vobsuboutid
+syn keyword mplayerconfOption   lameopts lavcopts nuvopts xvidencopts
+
+" 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_mplayer_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_mplayer_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink mplayerconfTodo    Todo
+  HiLink mplayerconfComment Comment
+  HiLink mplayerconfPreProc PreProc
+  HiLink mplayerconfBoolean Boolean
+  HiLink mplayerconfNumber  Number
+  HiLink mplayerconfOption  Keyword
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "mplayerconf"
+
+" vim: set sts=2 sw=2: