updated for version 7.0001
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+" Vim syntax support file
+" Maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last Change: 2000 Jul 15
+
+" This file is used for ":syntax off".
+" It removes the autocommands and stops highlighting for all buffers.
+
+if !has("syntax")
+ finish
+endif
+
+" remove all syntax autocommands and remove the syntax for each buffer
+augroup syntaxset
+ au!
+ au BufEnter * syn clear
+ au BufEnter * if exists("b:current_syntax") | unlet b:current_syntax | endif
+ doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *
+ au!
+augroup END
+
+" Just in case: remove all autocommands for the Syntax event
+au! Syntax
+
+if exists("syntax_on")
+ unlet syntax_on
+endif
+if exists("syntax_manual")
+ unlet syntax_manual
+endif