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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Vim .viminfo file
+" Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last Change:	2001 Apr 25
+
+" 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
+
+" The lines that are NOT recognized
+syn match viminfoError "^[^\t].*"
+
+" The one-character one-liners that are recognized
+syn match viminfoStatement "^[/&$@:?=%!<]"
+
+" The two-character one-liners that are recognized
+syn match viminfoStatement "^[-'>"]."
+syn match viminfoStatement +^"".+
+syn match viminfoStatement "^\~[/&]"
+syn match viminfoStatement "^\~[hH]"
+syn match viminfoStatement "^\~[mM][sS][lL][eE]\d\+\~\=[/&]"
+
+syn match viminfoOption "^\*.*=" contains=viminfoOptionName
+syn match viminfoOptionName "\*\a*"ms=s+1 contained
+
+" Comments
+syn match viminfoComment "^#.*"
+
+" 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_viminfo_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_viminfo_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink viminfoComment		Comment
+  HiLink viminfoError		Error
+  HiLink viminfoStatement	Statement
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "viminfo"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2