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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	M$ Resource files (*.rc)
+" Maintainer:	Heiko Erhardt <Heiko.Erhardt@munich.netsurf.de>
+" Last Change:	2001 May 09
+
+" This file is based on the c.vim
+
+" 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
+
+" Common RC keywords
+syn keyword rcLanguage LANGUAGE
+
+syn keyword rcMainObject TEXTINCLUDE VERSIONINFO BITMAP ICON CURSOR CURSOR
+syn keyword rcMainObject MENU ACCELERATORS TOOLBAR DIALOG
+syn keyword rcMainObject STRINGTABLE MESSAGETABLE RCDATA DLGINIT DESIGNINFO
+
+syn keyword rcSubObject POPUP MENUITEM SEPARATOR
+syn keyword rcSubObject CONTROL LTEXT CTEXT EDITTEXT
+syn keyword rcSubObject BUTTON PUSHBUTTON DEFPUSHBUTTON GROUPBOX LISTBOX COMBOBOX
+syn keyword rcSubObject FILEVERSION PRODUCTVERSION FILEFLAGSMASK FILEFLAGS FILEOS
+syn keyword rcSubObject FILETYPE FILESUBTYPE
+
+syn keyword rcCaptionParam CAPTION
+syn keyword rcParam CHARACTERISTICS CLASS STYLE EXSTYLE VERSION FONT
+
+syn keyword rcStatement BEGIN END BLOCK VALUE
+
+syn keyword rcCommonAttribute PRELOAD LOADONCALL FIXED MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE PURE IMPURE
+
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_OVERLAPPED WS_POPUP WS_CHILD WS_MINIMIZE WS_VISIBLE WS_DISABLED WS_CLIPSIBLINGS
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_CLIPCHILDREN WS_MAXIMIZE WS_CAPTION WS_BORDER WS_DLGFRAME WS_VSCROLL WS_HSCROLL
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_SYSMENU WS_THICKFRAME WS_GROUP WS_TABSTOP WS_MINIMIZEBOX WS_MAXIMIZEBOX WS_TILED
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_ICONIC WS_SIZEBOX WS_TILEDWINDOW WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW WS_POPUPWINDOW WS_CHILDWINDOW
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY WS_EX_TOPMOST WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_EX_TRANSPARENT WS_EX_MDICHILD WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP WS_EX_RIGHT WS_EX_LEFT WS_EX_RTLREADING WS_EX_LTRREADING
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT WS_EX_STATICEDGE
+syn keyword rcAttribute WS_EX_APPWINDOW WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW
+syn keyword rcAttribute ES_LEFT ES_CENTER ES_RIGHT ES_MULTILINE ES_UPPERCASE ES_LOWERCASE ES_PASSWORD
+syn keyword rcAttribute ES_AUTOVSCROLL ES_AUTOHSCROLL ES_NOHIDESEL ES_OEMCONVERT ES_READONLY ES_WANTRETURN
+syn keyword rcAttribute ES_NUMBER
+syn keyword rcAttribute BS_PUSHBUTTON BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON BS_CHECKBOX BS_AUTOCHECKBOX BS_RADIOBUTTON BS_3STATE
+syn keyword rcAttribute BS_AUTO3STATE BS_GROUPBOX BS_USERBUTTON BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON BS_OWNERDRAW BS_LEFTTEXT
+syn keyword rcAttribute BS_TEXT BS_ICON BS_BITMAP BS_LEFT BS_RIGHT BS_CENTER BS_TOP BS_BOTTOM BS_VCENTER
+syn keyword rcAttribute BS_PUSHLIKE BS_MULTILINE BS_NOTIFY BS_FLAT BS_RIGHTBUTTON
+syn keyword rcAttribute SS_LEFT SS_CENTER SS_RIGHT SS_ICON SS_BLACKRECT SS_GRAYRECT SS_WHITERECT
+syn keyword rcAttribute SS_BLACKFRAME SS_GRAYFRAME SS_WHITEFRAME SS_USERITEM SS_SIMPLE SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP
+syn keyword rcAttribute SS_OWNERDRAW SS_BITMAP SS_ENHMETAFILE SS_ETCHEDHORZ SS_ETCHEDVERT SS_ETCHEDFRAME
+syn keyword rcAttribute SS_TYPEMASK SS_NOPREFIX SS_NOTIFY SS_CENTERIMAGE SS_RIGHTJUST SS_REALSIZEIMAGE
+syn keyword rcAttribute SS_SUNKEN SS_ENDELLIPSIS SS_PATHELLIPSIS SS_WORDELLIPSIS SS_ELLIPSISMASK
+syn keyword rcAttribute DS_ABSALIGN DS_SYSMODAL DS_LOCALEDIT DS_SETFONT DS_MODALFRAME DS_NOIDLEMSG
+syn keyword rcAttribute DS_SETFOREGROUND DS_3DLOOK DS_FIXEDSYS DS_NOFAILCREATE DS_CONTROL DS_CENTER
+syn keyword rcAttribute DS_CENTERMOUSE DS_CONTEXTHELP
+syn keyword rcAttribute LBS_NOTIFY LBS_SORT LBS_NOREDRAW LBS_MULTIPLESEL LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED
+syn keyword rcAttribute LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE LBS_HASSTRINGS LBS_USETABSTOPS LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT
+syn keyword rcAttribute LBS_MULTICOLUMN LBS_WANTKEYBOARDINPUT LBS_EXTENDEDSEL LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL
+syn keyword rcAttribute LBS_NODATA LBS_NOSEL LBS_STANDARD
+syn keyword rcAttribute CBS_SIMPLE CBS_DROPDOWN CBS_DROPDOWNLIST CBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED CBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE
+syn keyword rcAttribute CBS_AUTOHSCROLL CBS_OEMCONVERT CBS_SORT CBS_HASSTRINGS CBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT
+syn keyword rcAttribute CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL CBS_UPPERCASE CBS_LOWERCASE
+syn keyword rcAttribute SBS_HORZ SBS_VERT SBS_TOPALIGN SBS_LEFTALIGN SBS_BOTTOMALIGN SBS_RIGHTALIGN
+syn keyword rcAttribute SBS_SIZEBOXTOPLEFTALIGN SBS_SIZEBOXBOTTOMRIGHTALIGN SBS_SIZEBOX SBS_SIZEGRIP
+syn keyword rcAttribute CCS_TOP CCS_NOMOVEY CCS_BOTTOM CCS_NORESIZE CCS_NOPARENTALIGN CCS_ADJUSTABLE
+syn keyword rcAttribute CCS_NODIVIDER
+syn keyword rcAttribute LVS_ICON LVS_REPORT LVS_SMALLICON LVS_LIST LVS_TYPEMASK LVS_SINGLESEL LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS
+syn keyword rcAttribute LVS_SORTASCENDING LVS_SORTDESCENDING LVS_SHAREIMAGELISTS LVS_NOLABELWRAP
+syn keyword rcAttribute LVS_EDITLABELS LVS_OWNERDATA LVS_NOSCROLL LVS_TYPESTYLEMASK  LVS_ALIGNTOP LVS_ALIGNLEFT
+syn keyword rcAttribute LVS_ALIGNMASK LVS_OWNERDRAWFIXED LVS_NOCOLUMNHEADER LVS_NOSORTHEADER LVS_AUTOARRANGE
+syn keyword rcAttribute TVS_HASBUTTONS TVS_HASLINES TVS_LINESATROOT TVS_EDITLABELS TVS_DISABLEDRAGDROP
+syn keyword rcAttribute TVS_SHOWSELALWAYS
+syn keyword rcAttribute TCS_FORCEICONLEFT TCS_FORCELABELLEFT TCS_TABS TCS_BUTTONS TCS_SINGLELINE TCS_MULTILINE
+syn keyword rcAttribute TCS_RIGHTJUSTIFY TCS_FIXEDWIDTH TCS_RAGGEDRIGHT TCS_FOCUSONBUTTONDOWN
+syn keyword rcAttribute TCS_OWNERDRAWFIXED TCS_TOOLTIPS TCS_FOCUSNEVER
+syn keyword rcAttribute ACS_CENTER ACS_TRANSPARENT ACS_AUTOPLAY
+syn keyword rcStdId IDI_APPLICATION IDI_HAND IDI_QUESTION IDI_EXCLAMATION IDI_ASTERISK IDI_WINLOGO IDI_WINLOGO
+syn keyword rcStdId IDI_WARNING IDI_ERROR IDI_INFORMATION
+syn keyword rcStdId IDCANCEL IDABORT IDRETRY IDIGNORE IDYES IDNO IDCLOSE IDHELP IDC_STATIC
+
+" Common RC keywords
+
+" Common RC keywords
+syn keyword rcTodo contained	TODO FIXME XXX
+
+" String and Character constants
+" Highlight special characters (those which have a backslash) differently
+syn match rcSpecial contained	"\\[0-7][0-7][0-7]\=\|\\."
+syn region rcString		start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=rcSpecial
+syn match rcCharacter		"'[^\\]'"
+syn match rcSpecialCharacter	"'\\.'"
+syn match rcSpecialCharacter	"'\\[0-7][0-7]'"
+syn match rcSpecialCharacter	"'\\[0-7][0-7][0-7]'"
+
+"catch errors caused by wrong parenthesis
+syn region rcParen		transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,rcParenError,rcIncluded,rcSpecial,rcTodo
+syn match rcParenError		")"
+syn match rcInParen contained	"[{}]"
+
+"integer number, or floating point number without a dot and with "f".
+syn case ignore
+syn match rcNumber		"\<\d\+\(u\=l\=\|lu\|f\)\>"
+"floating point number, with dot, optional exponent
+syn match rcFloat		"\<\d\+\.\d*\(e[-+]\=\d\+\)\=[fl]\=\>"
+"floating point number, starting with a dot, optional exponent
+syn match rcFloat		"\.\d\+\(e[-+]\=\d\+\)\=[fl]\=\>"
+"floating point number, without dot, with exponent
+syn match rcFloat		"\<\d\+e[-+]\=\d\+[fl]\=\>"
+"hex number
+syn match rcNumber		"\<0x[0-9a-f]\+\(u\=l\=\|lu\)\>"
+"syn match rcIdentifier	"\<[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*\>"
+syn case match
+" flag an octal number with wrong digits
+syn match rcOctalError		"\<0[0-7]*[89]"
+
+if exists("rc_comment_strings")
+  " A comment can contain rcString, rcCharacter and rcNumber.
+  " But a "*/" inside a rcString in a rcComment DOES end the comment!  So we
+  " need to use a special type of rcString: rcCommentString, which also ends on
+  " "*/", and sees a "*" at the start of the line as comment again.
+  " Unfortunately this doesn't very well work for // type of comments :-(
+  syntax match rcCommentSkip	contained "^\s*\*\($\|\s\+\)"
+  syntax region rcCommentString	contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ end=+\*/+me=s-1 contains=rcSpecial,rcCommentSkip
+  syntax region rcComment2String	contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ end="$" contains=rcSpecial
+  syntax region rcComment	start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=rcTodo,rcCommentString,rcCharacter,rcNumber,rcFloat
+  syntax match  rcComment	"//.*" contains=rcTodo,rcComment2String,rcCharacter,rcNumber
+else
+  syn region rcComment		start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=rcTodo
+  syn match rcComment		"//.*" contains=rcTodo
+endif
+syntax match rcCommentError	"\*/"
+
+syn region rcPreCondit	start="^\s*#\s*\(if\>\|ifdef\>\|ifndef\>\|elif\>\|else\>\|endif\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=rcComment,rcString,rcCharacter,rcNumber,rcCommentError
+syn region rcIncluded contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+syn match rcIncluded contained "<[^>]*>"
+syn match rcInclude		"^\s*#\s*include\>\s*["<]" contains=rcIncluded
+"syn match rcLineSkip	"\\$"
+syn region rcDefine		start="^\s*#\s*\(define\>\|undef\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=ALLBUT,rcPreCondit,rcIncluded,rcInclude,rcDefine,rcInParen
+syn region rcPreProc		start="^\s*#\s*\(pragma\>\|line\>\|warning\>\|warn\>\|error\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=ALLBUT,rcPreCondit,rcIncluded,rcInclude,rcDefine,rcInParen
+
+syn sync ccomment rcComment minlines=10
+
+" 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_rc_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_rc_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink rcCharacter	Character
+  HiLink rcSpecialCharacter rcSpecial
+  HiLink rcNumber	Number
+  HiLink rcFloat	Float
+  HiLink rcOctalError	rcError
+  HiLink rcParenError	rcError
+  HiLink rcInParen	rcError
+  HiLink rcCommentError	rcError
+  HiLink rcInclude	Include
+  HiLink rcPreProc	PreProc
+  HiLink rcDefine	Macro
+  HiLink rcIncluded	rcString
+  HiLink rcError	Error
+  HiLink rcPreCondit	PreCondit
+  HiLink rcCommentString rcString
+  HiLink rcComment2String rcString
+  HiLink rcCommentSkip	rcComment
+  HiLink rcString	String
+  HiLink rcComment	Comment
+  HiLink rcSpecial	SpecialChar
+  HiLink rcTodo	Todo
+
+  HiLink rcAttribute	rcCommonAttribute
+  HiLink rcStdId	rcStatement
+  HiLink rcStatement	Statement
+
+  " Default color overrides
+  hi def rcLanguage	term=reverse ctermbg=Red ctermfg=Yellow guibg=Red guifg=Yellow
+  hi def rcMainObject	term=underline ctermfg=Blue guifg=Blue
+  hi def rcSubObject	ctermfg=Green guifg=Green
+  hi def rcCaptionParam	term=underline ctermfg=DarkGreen guifg=Green
+  hi def rcParam	ctermfg=DarkGreen guifg=DarkGreen
+  hi def rcStatement	ctermfg=DarkGreen guifg=DarkGreen
+  hi def rcCommonAttribute	ctermfg=Brown guifg=Brown
+
+  "HiLink rcIdentifier	Identifier
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "rc"
+
+" vim: ts=8