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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling compare file
+" Maintainer:   Adrian Nagle, anagle@ball.com
+" Last Change:  2003 May 11
+" Filenames:    *.cmp
+" URL:		http://www.naglenet.org/vim/syntax/takcmp.vim
+" MAIN URL:     http://www.naglenet.org/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
+
+
+
+" Ignore case
+syn case ignore
+
+
+
+"
+"
+" Begin syntax definitions for compare files.
+"
+" Define keywords for TAK compare
+  syn keyword takcmpUnit     celsius fahrenheit
+
+
+
+" Define matches for TAK compare
+  syn match  takcmpTitle       "Steady State Temperature Comparison"
+
+  syn match  takcmpLabel       "Run Date:"
+  syn match  takcmpLabel       "Run Time:"
+  syn match  takcmpLabel       "Temp. File \d Units:"
+  syn match  takcmpLabel       "Filename:"
+  syn match  takcmpLabel       "Output Units:"
+
+  syn match  takcmpHeader      "^ *Node\( *File  \d\)* *Node Description"
+
+  syn match  takcmpDate        "\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d"
+  syn match  takcmpTime        "\d\d:\d\d:\d\d"
+  syn match  takcmpInteger     "^ *-\=\<[0-9]*\>"
+  syn match  takcmpFloat       "-\=\<[0-9]*\.[0-9]*"
+
+
+
+" 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_takcmp_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_takcmp_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink takcmpTitle		   Type
+  HiLink takcmpUnit		   PreProc
+
+  HiLink takcmpLabel		   Statement
+
+  HiLink takcmpHeader		   takHeader
+
+  HiLink takcmpDate		   Identifier
+  HiLink takcmpTime		   Identifier
+  HiLink takcmpInteger		   Number
+  HiLink takcmpFloat		   Special
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "takcmp"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2