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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Quickfix window
+" Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last change:	2001 Jan 15
+
+" Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" A bunch of useful C keywords
+syn match	qfFileName	"^[^|]*" nextgroup=qfSeparator
+syn match	qfSeparator	"|" nextgroup=qfLineNr contained
+syn match	qfLineNr	"[^|]*" contained contains=qfError
+syn match	qfError		"error" contained
+
+" The default highlighting.
+hi def link qfFileName	Directory
+hi def link qfLineNr	LineNr
+hi def link qfError	Error
+
+let b:current_syntax = "qf"
+
+" vim: ts=8