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+" Vim syntax file
+" This is a GENERATED FILE. Please always refer to source file at the URI below.
+" Language: PoV-Ray(tm) 3.5 Scene Description Language
+" Maintainer: David Ne\v{c}as (Yeti) <yeti@physics.muni.cz>
+" Last Change: 2003 Apr 25
+" URL: http://physics.muni.cz/~yeti/download/syntax/pov.vim
+" Required Vim Version: 6.0
+
+" Setup
+if version >= 600
+  " Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+  if exists("b:current_syntax")
+    finish
+  endif
+else
+  " Croak when an old Vim is sourcing us.
+  echo "Sorry, but this syntax file relies on Vim 6 features.  Either upgrade Vim or use a version of " . expand("<sfile>:t:r") . " syntax file appropriate for Vim " . version/100 . "." . version %100 . "."
+  finish
+endif
+
+syn case match
+
+" Top level stuff
+syn keyword povCommands global_settings
+syn keyword povObjects array atmosphere background bicubic_patch blob box camera component cone cubic cylinder disc fog height_field isosurface julia_fractal lathe light_group light_source mesh mesh2 object parametric pattern photons plane poly polygon prism quadric quartic rainbow sky_sphere smooth_triangle sor sphere sphere_sweep spline superellipsoid text torus triangle
+syn keyword povCSG clipped_by composite contained_by difference intersection merge union
+syn keyword povAppearance interior material media texture interior_texture texture_list
+syn keyword povGlobalSettings ambient_light assumed_gamma charset hf_gray_16 irid_wavelength max_intersections max_trace_level number_of_waves radiosity noise_generator
+syn keyword povTransform inverse matrix rotate scale translate transform
+
+" Descriptors
+syn keyword povDescriptors finish normal pigment uv_mapping uv_vectors vertex_vectors
+syn keyword povDescriptors adc_bailout always_sample brightness count error_bound distance_maximum gray_threshold load_file low_error_factor max_sample media minimum_reuse nearest_count normal pretrace_end pretrace_start recursion_limit save_file
+syn keyword povDescriptors color colour gray rgb rgbt rgbf rgbft red green blue
+syn keyword povDescriptors bump_map color_map colour_map image_map material_map pigment_map quick_color quick_colour normal_map texture_map image_pattern pigment_pattern
+syn keyword povDescriptors ambient brilliance conserve_energy crand diffuse fresnel irid metallic phong phong_size refraction reflection reflection_exponent roughness specular
+syn keyword povDescriptors cylinder fisheye omnimax orthographic panoramic perspective spherical ultra_wide_angle
+syn keyword povDescriptors agate average brick boxed bozo bumps cells checker crackle cylindrical dents facets function gradient granite hexagon julia leopard magnet mandel marble onion planar quilted radial ripples slope spherical spiral1 spiral2 spotted tiles tiles2 toroidal waves wood wrinkles
+syn keyword povDescriptors density_file
+syn keyword povDescriptors area_light shadowless spotlight parallel
+syn keyword povDescriptors absorption confidence density emission intervals ratio samples scattering variance
+syn keyword povDescriptors distance fog_alt fog_offset fog_type turb_depth
+syn keyword povDescriptors b_spline bezier_spline cubic_spline evaluate face_indices form linear_spline max_gradient natural_spline normal_indices normal_vectors quadratic_spline uv_indices
+syn keyword povDescriptors target
+
+" Modifiers
+syn keyword povModifiers caustics dispersion dispersion_samples fade_color fade_colour fade_distance fade_power ior
+syn keyword povModifiers bounded_by double_illuminate hierarchy hollow no_shadow open smooth sturm threshold water_level
+syn keyword povModifiers hypercomplex max_iteration precision quaternion slice
+syn keyword povModifiers conic_sweep linear_sweep
+syn keyword povModifiers flatness type u_steps v_steps
+syn keyword povModifiers aa_level aa_threshold adaptive falloff jitter looks_like media_attenuation media_interaction method point_at radius tightness
+syn keyword povModifiers angle aperture blur_samples confidence direction focal_point h_angle location look_at right sky up v_angle variance
+syn keyword povModifiers all bump_size filter interpolate map_type once slope_map transmit use_alpha use_color use_colour use_index
+syn keyword povModifiers black_hole agate_turb brick_size control0 control1 cubic_wave density_map flip frequency interpolate inverse lambda metric mortar octaves offset omega phase poly_wave ramp_wave repeat scallop_wave sine_wave size strength triangle_wave thickness turbulence turb_depth type warp
+syn keyword povModifiers eccentricity extinction
+syn keyword povModifiers arc_angle falloff_angle width
+syn keyword povModifiers accuracy all_intersections altitude autostop circular collect coords cutaway_textures dist_exp expand_thresholds exponent exterior gather global_lights major_radius max_trace no_bump_scale no_image no_reflection orient orientation pass_through precompute projected_through range_divider solid spacing split_union tolerance
+
+" Words not marked `reserved' in documentation, but...
+syn keyword povBMPType alpha gif iff jpeg pgm png pot ppm sys tga tiff contained
+syn keyword povFontType ttf contained
+syn keyword povDensityType df3 contained
+syn keyword povCharset ascii utf8 contained
+
+" Math functions on floats, vectors and strings
+syn keyword povFunctions abs acos acosh asc asin asinh atan atan2 atanh ceil cos cosh defined degrees dimensions dimension_size div exp file_exists floor int internal ln log max min mod pow radians rand seed select sin sinh sqrt strcmp strlen tan tanh val vdot vlength vstr vturbulence
+syn keyword povFunctions min_extent max_extent trace vcross vrotate vaxis_rotate vnormalize vturbulence
+syn keyword povFunctions chr concat substr str strupr strlwr
+syn keyword povJuliaFunctions acosh asinh atan cosh cube pwr reciprocal sinh sqr tanh
+
+" Specialities
+syn keyword povConsts clock clock_delta clock_on final_clock final_frame frame_number initial_clock initial_frame image_width image_height false no off on pi t true u v version x y yes z
+syn match povDotItem "\.\@<=\(blue\|green\|filter\|red\|transmit\|t\|u\|v\|x\|y\|z\)\>" display
+
+" Comments
+syn region povComment start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=povTodo,povComment
+syn match povComment "//.*" contains=povTodo
+syn match povCommentError "\*/"
+syn sync ccomment povComment
+syn sync minlines=50
+syn keyword povTodo TODO FIXME XXX NOT contained
+syn cluster povPRIVATE add=povTodo
+
+" Language directives
+syn match povConditionalDir "#\s*\(else\|end\|if\|ifdef\|ifndef\|switch\|while\)\>"
+syn match povLabelDir "#\s*\(break\|case\|default\|range\)\>"
+syn match povDeclareDir "#\s*\(declare\|default\|local\|macro\|undef\|version\)\>"
+syn match povIncludeDir "#\s*include\>"
+syn match povFileDir "#\s*\(fclose\|fopen\|read\|write\)\>"
+syn match povMessageDir "#\s*\(debug\|error\|render\|statistics\|warning\)\>"
+syn region povFileOpen start="#\s*fopen\>" skip=+"[^"]*"+ matchgroup=povOpenType end="\<\(read\|write\|append\)\>" contains=ALLBUT,PovParenError,PovBraceError,@PovPRIVATE transparent keepend
+
+" Literal strings
+syn match povSpecialChar "\\\d\d\d\|\\." contained
+syn region povString start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=povSpecialChar oneline
+syn cluster povPRIVATE add=povSpecialChar
+
+" Catch errors caused by wrong parenthesization
+syn region povParen start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,povParenError,@povPRIVATE transparent
+syn match povParenError ")"
+syn region povBrace start='{' end='}' contains=ALLBUT,povBraceError,@povPRIVATE transparent
+syn match povBraceError "}"
+
+" Numbers
+syn match povNumber "\(^\|\W\)\@<=[+-]\=\(\d\+\)\=\.\=\d\+\([eE][+-]\=\d\+\)\="
+
+" Define the default highlighting
+hi def link povComment Comment
+hi def link povTodo Todo
+hi def link povNumber Number
+hi def link povString String
+hi def link povFileOpen Constant
+hi def link povConsts Constant
+hi def link povDotItem Constant
+hi def link povBMPType povSpecial
+hi def link povCharset povSpecial
+hi def link povDensityType povSpecial
+hi def link povFontType povSpecial
+hi def link povOpenType povSpecial
+hi def link povSpecialChar povSpecial
+hi def link povSpecial Special
+hi def link povConditionalDir PreProc
+hi def link povLabelDir PreProc
+hi def link povDeclareDir Define
+hi def link povIncludeDir Include
+hi def link povFileDir PreProc
+hi def link povMessageDir Debug
+hi def link povAppearance povDescriptors
+hi def link povObjects povDescriptors
+hi def link povGlobalSettings povDescriptors
+hi def link povDescriptors Type
+hi def link povJuliaFunctions PovFunctions
+hi def link povModifiers povFunctions
+hi def link povFunctions Function
+hi def link povCommands Operator
+hi def link povTransform Operator
+hi def link povCSG Operator
+hi def link povParenError povError
+hi def link povBraceError povError
+hi def link povCommentError povError
+hi def link povError Error
+
+let b:current_syntax = "pov"