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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language: Perl POD format
+" Maintainer: Scott Bigham <dsb@cs.duke.edu>
+" Last Change: 2001 May 09
+
+" To add embedded POD documentation highlighting to your syntax file, add
+" the commands:
+"
+" syn include @Pod <sfile>:p:h/pod.vim
+" syn region myPOD start="^=pod" start="^=head" end="^=cut" keepend contained contains=@Pod
+"
+" and add myPod to the contains= list of some existing region, probably a
+" comment. The "keepend" flag is needed because "=cut" is matched as a
+" pattern in its own right.
+
+
+" Remove any old syntax stuff hanging around (this is suppressed
+" automatically by ":syn include" if necessary).
+" 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
+
+" POD commands
+syn match podCommand "^=head[12]" nextgroup=podCmdText
+syn match podCommand "^=item" nextgroup=podCmdText
+syn match podCommand "^=over" nextgroup=podOverIndent skipwhite
+syn match podCommand "^=back"
+syn match podCommand "^=cut"
+syn match podCommand "^=pod"
+syn match podCommand "^=for" nextgroup=podForKeywd skipwhite
+syn match podCommand "^=begin" nextgroup=podForKeywd skipwhite
+syn match podCommand "^=end" nextgroup=podForKeywd skipwhite
+
+" Text of a =head1, =head2 or =item command
+syn match podCmdText ".*$" contained contains=podFormat
+
+" Indent amount of =over command
+syn match podOverIndent "\d\+" contained
+
+" Formatter identifier keyword for =for, =begin and =end commands
+syn match podForKeywd "\S\+" contained
+
+" An indented line, to be displayed verbatim
+syn match podVerbatimLine "^\s.*$"
+
+" Inline textual items handled specially by POD
+syn match podSpecial "\(\<\|&\)\I\i*\(::\I\i*\)*([^)]*)"
+syn match podSpecial "[$@%]\I\i*\(::\I\i*\)*\>"
+
+" Special formatting sequences
+syn region podFormat start="[IBSCLFXEZ]<" end=">" oneline contains=podFormat
+
+" 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_pod_syntax_inits")
+ if version < 508
+ let did_pod_syntax_inits = 1
+ command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+ else
+ command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+ endif
+
+ HiLink podCommand Statement
+ HiLink podCmdText String
+ HiLink podOverIndent Number
+ HiLink podForKeywd Identifier
+ HiLink podFormat Identifier
+ HiLink podVerbatimLine PreProc
+ HiLink podSpecial Identifier
+
+ delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "pod"
+
+" vim: ts=8