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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Smarty Templates
+" Maintainer:	Manfred Stienstra manfred.stienstra@dwerg.net
+" Last Change:  Mon Nov  4 11:42:23 CET 2002
+" Filenames:    *.tpl
+" URL:		http://www.dwerg.net/projects/vim/smarty.vim
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if !exists("main_syntax")
+  if version < 600
+    syntax clear
+  elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+  let main_syntax = 'smarty'
+endif
+
+syn case ignore
+
+runtime! syntax/html.vim
+"syn cluster htmlPreproc add=smartyUnZone
+
+syn match smartyBlock contained "[\[\]]"
+
+syn keyword smartyTagName capture config_load include include_php
+syn keyword smartyTagName insert if elseif else ldelim rdelim literal
+syn keyword smartyTagName php section sectionelse foreach foreachelse
+syn keyword smartyTagName strip assign counter cycle debug eval fetch
+syn keyword smartyTagName html_options html_select_date html_select_time
+syn keyword smartyTagName math popup_init popup html_checkboxes html_image
+syn keyword smartyTagName html_radios html_table mailto textformat
+
+syn keyword smartyModifier cat capitalize count_characters count_paragraphs
+syn keyword smartyModifier count_sentences count_words date_format default
+syn keyword smartyModifier escape indent lower nl2br regex_replace replace
+syn keyword smartyModifier spacify string_format strip strip_tags truncate
+syn keyword smartyModifier upper wordwrap
+
+syn keyword smartyInFunc neq eq
+
+syn keyword smartyProperty contained "file="
+syn keyword smartyProperty contained "loop="
+syn keyword smartyProperty contained "name="
+syn keyword smartyProperty contained "include="
+syn keyword smartyProperty contained "skip="
+syn keyword smartyProperty contained "section="
+
+syn keyword smartyConstant "\$smarty"
+
+syn keyword smartyDot .
+
+syn region smartyZone matchgroup=Delimiter start="{" end="}" contains=smartyProperty, smartyString, smartyBlock, smartyTagName, smartyConstant, smartyInFunc, smartyModifier
+
+syn region  htmlString   contained start=+"+ end=+"+ contains=htmlSpecialChar,javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc,smartyZone
+syn region  htmlString   contained start=+'+ end=+'+ contains=htmlSpecialChar,javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc,smartyZone
+  syn region htmlLink start="<a\>\_[^>]*\<href\>" end="</a>"me=e-4 contains=@Spell,htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,javaScript,@htmlPreproc,smartyZone
+
+
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_smarty_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_smarty_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink smartyTagName Identifier
+  HiLink smartyProperty Constant
+  " if you want the text inside the braces to be colored, then
+  " remove the comment in from of the next statement
+  "HiLink smartyZone Include
+  HiLink smartyInFunc Function
+  HiLink smartyBlock Constant
+  HiLink smartyDot SpecialChar
+  HiLink smartyModifier Function
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "smarty"
+
+if main_syntax == 'smarty'
+  unlet main_syntax
+endif
+
+" vim: ts=8