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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	po (gettext)
+" Maintainer:	Nam SungHyun <namsh@kldp.org>
+" Last Change:	2001 Apr 26
+
+" 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 match  poComment	"^#.*$"
+syn match  poSources	"^#:.*$"
+syn match  poStatement	"^\(domain\|msgid\|msgstr\)"
+syn match  poSpecial	contained "\\\(x\x\+\|\o\{1,3}\|.\|$\)"
+syn match  poFormat	"%\(\d\+\$\)\=[-+' #0*]*\(\d*\|\*\|\*\d\+\$\)\(\.\(\d*\|\*\|\*\d\+\$\)\)\=\([hlL]\|ll\)\=\([diuoxXfeEgGcCsSpn]\|\[\^\=.[^]]*\]\)" contained
+syn match  poFormat	"%%" contained
+syn region poString	start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+			\ contains=poSpecial,poFormat
+
+" 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_po_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_po_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink poComment	Comment
+  HiLink poSources	PreProc
+  HiLink poStatement	Statement
+  HiLink poSpecial	Special
+  HiLink poFormat	poSpecial
+  HiLink poString	String
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "po"
+
+" vim:set ts=8 sts=2 sw=2 noet: