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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	    Screen Virtual Terminal Emulator/Manager Configuration File
+" Maintainer:	    Nikolai Weibull <source@pcppopper.org>
+" URL:		    http://www.pcppopper.org/vim/syntax/pcp/screen/
+" Latest Revision:  2004-05-22
+" arch-tag:	    6a97fb8f-fc88-497f-9c55-e946734ba034
+
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" comments
+syn region  screenComment	matchgroup=screenComment start="#" end="$" contains=screenTodo
+
+" todo
+syn keyword screenTodo		contained TODO FIXME XXX NOTE
+
+" string (can contain variables)
+syn region  screenString	matchgroup=screenString start='"' skip='\\"' end='"\|$' contains=screenVariable,screenSpecial
+
+" literal string
+syn region  screenLiteral	matchgroup=screenLiteral start="'" skip="\\'" end="'\|$"
+
+" environment variables
+syn match   screenVariable	contained "$\(\h\w*\|{\h\w*}\)"
+
+" booleans
+syn keyword screenBoolean	on off
+
+" numbers
+syn match   screenNumbers	"\<\d\+\>"
+
+" specials
+syn match   screenSpecials	contained "%\([%aAdDhlmMstuwWyY?:{]\|[0-9]*n\|0?cC\)"
+
+" commands
+syn keyword screenCommands	acladd aclchg acldel aclgrp aclumask activity addacl allpartial at attrcolor
+syn keyword screenCommands	autodetach bell_msg bind bindkey bufferfile caption chacl chdir clear colon
+syn keyword screenCommands	command compacthist console copy copy_regcrlf debug detach digraph dinfo crlf
+syn keyword screenCommands	displays dumptermcap echo exec fit focus height help history
+syn keyword screenCommands	info kill lastmsg license lockscreen markkeys meta msgminwait msgwait
+syn keyword screenCommands	multiuser nethack next nonblock number only other partial_state
+syn keyword screenCommands	password paste pastefont pow_break pow_detach_msg prev printcmd process
+syn keyword screenCommands	quit readbuf readreg redisplay register remove removebuf reset resize screen
+syn keyword screenCommands	select sessionname setenv shelltitle silencewait verbose
+syn keyword screenCommands	sleep sorendition split startup_message stuff su suspend time
+syn keyword screenCommands	title umask version wall width writebuf xoff xon defmode hardstatus
+syn keyword screenCommands	altscreen break breaktype copy_reg defbreaktype defencoding deflog encoding
+syn keyword screenCommands	eval ignorecase ins_reg maxwin partial pow_detach setsid source unsetenv
+syn keyword screenCommands	windowlist windows
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<\(def\)\=\(autonuke\|bce\|c1\|charset\|escape\|flow\|kanji\|login\|monitor\|hstatus\|obuflimit\)\>"
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<\(def\)\=\(scrollback\|shell\|silence\|slowpaste\|utf8\|wrap\|writelock\|zombie\|gr\)\>"
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<hard\(copy\(_append\|dir\)\=\|status\)\>"
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<log\(file\|in\|tstamp\)\=\>"
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<map\(default\|notnext\|timeout\)\>"
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<term\(cap\|info\|capinfo\)\=\>"
+syn match   screenCommands	"\<vbell\(_msg\|wait\)\=\>"
+
+if exists("screen_minlines")
+    let b:screen_minlines = screen_minlines
+else
+    let b:screen_minlines = 10
+endif
+exec "syn sync minlines=" . b:screen_minlines
+
+" 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_screen_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_screen_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink screenComment    Comment
+  HiLink screenTodo	  Todo
+  HiLink screenString	  String
+  HiLink screenLiteral    String
+  HiLink screenVariable   Identifier
+  HiLink screenBoolean    Boolean
+  HiLink screenNumbers    Number
+  HiLink screenSpecials   Special
+  HiLink screenCommands   Keyword
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "screen"
+
+" vim: set sts=2 sw=2: