updated for version 7.0001
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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Rich Text Format
+"		"*.rtf" files
+"
+" The Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification is a method of encoding formatted
+" text and graphics for easy transfer between applications.
+" .hlp (windows help files) use compiled rtf files
+" rtf documentation at http://night.primate.wisc.edu/software/RTF/
+"
+" Maintainer:	Dominique Stéphan (dominique@mggen.com)
+" URL: http://www.mggen.com/vim/syntax/rtf.zip
+" Last change:	2001 Mai 02
+
+" TODO: render underline, italic, bold
+
+" 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
+
+" case on (all controls must be lower case)
+syn case match
+
+" Control Words
+syn match rtfControlWord	"\\[a-z]\+[\-]\=[0-9]*"
+
+" New Control Words (not in the 1987 specifications)
+syn match rtfNewControlWord	"\\\*\\[a-z]\+[\-]\=[0-9]*"
+
+" Control Symbol : any \ plus a non alpha symbol, *, \, { and } and '
+syn match rtfControlSymbol	"\\[^a-zA-Z\*\{\}\\']"
+
+" { } and \ are special characters, to use them
+" we add a backslash \
+syn match rtfCharacter		"\\\\"
+syn match rtfCharacter		"\\{"
+syn match rtfCharacter		"\\}"
+" Escaped characters (for 8 bytes characters upper than 127)
+syn match rtfCharacter		"\\'[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9]"
+" Unicode
+syn match rtfUnicodeCharacter	"\\u[0-9][0-9]*"
+
+" Color values, we will put this value in Red, Green or Blue
+syn match rtfRed		"\\red[0-9][0-9]*"
+syn match rtfGreen		"\\green[0-9][0-9]*"
+syn match rtfBlue		"\\blue[0-9][0-9]*"
+
+" Some stuff for help files
+syn match rtfFootNote "[#$K+]{\\footnote.*}" contains=rtfControlWord,rtfNewControlWord
+
+" 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_rtf_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_rtf_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+
+   HiLink rtfControlWord		Statement
+   HiLink rtfNewControlWord	Special
+   HiLink rtfControlSymbol	Constant
+   HiLink rtfCharacter		Character
+   HiLink rtfUnicodeCharacter	SpecialChar
+   HiLink rtfFootNote		Comment
+
+   " Define colors for the syntax file
+   hi rtfRed	      term=underline cterm=underline ctermfg=DarkRed gui=underline guifg=DarkRed
+   hi rtfGreen	      term=underline cterm=underline ctermfg=DarkGreen gui=underline guifg=DarkGreen
+   hi rtfBlue	      term=underline cterm=underline ctermfg=DarkBlue gui=underline guifg=DarkBlue
+
+   HiLink rtfRed	rtfRed
+   HiLink rtfGreen	rtfGreen
+   HiLink rtfBlue	rtfBlue
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "rtf"
+
+" vim:ts=8