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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