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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Z shell (zsh)
+" Maintainer:	Felix von Leitner <leitner@math.fu-berlin.de>
+" Heavily based on sh.vim by Lennart Schultz
+" Last Change:	2003 May 11
+
+" 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
+
+" String and Character contstants
+" Highlight special characters (those which have a backslash) differently
+syn match   zshSpecial	"\\\d\d\d\|\\[abcfnrtv\\']"
+syn region	zshSinglequote	start=+'+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'+
+" A bunch of useful zsh keywords
+" syn keyword	zshFunction	function
+syn keyword	zshStatement	bg break cd chdir continue echo eval exec
+syn keyword	zshStatement	exit export fg getopts hash jobs kill
+syn keyword	zshStatement	pwd read readonly return set zshift function
+syn keyword	zshStatement	stop suspend test times trap type ulimit
+syn keyword	zshStatement	umask unset wait setopt compctl source
+syn keyword	zshStatement	whence disown shift which unhash unalias
+syn keyword	zshStatement	alias functions unfunction getln disable
+syn keyword	zshStatement	vared getopt enable unsetopt autoload
+syn keyword	zshStatement	bindkey pushln command limit unlimit fc
+syn keyword	zshStatement	print builtin noglob sched r time
+syn keyword	zshStatement	typeset declare local integer
+
+syn keyword	zshConditional	if else esac case then elif fi in
+syn keyword	zshRepeat	while for do done
+
+" Following is worth to notice: command substitution, file redirection and functions (so these features turns red)
+syn match	zshFunctionName	"\h\w*\s*()"
+syn region	zshCommandSub	start=+`+ skip=+\\`+ end=+`+
+" contains=ALLBUT,zshFunction
+syn match	zshRedir	"\d\=\(<\|<<\|>\|>>\)\(|\|&\d\)\="
+
+syn keyword	zshTodo contained TODO
+
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	USER LOGNAME HOME PATH CDPATH SHELL
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	LC_TYPE LC_MESSAGE MAIL MAILCHECK
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	PS1 PS2 IFS EGID EUID ERRNO GID UID
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	HOST LINENO MACHTYPE OLDPWD OPTARG
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	OPTIND OSTYPE PPID PWD RANDOM SECONDS
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	SHLVL TTY signals TTYIDLE USERNAME
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	VENDOR ZSH_NAME ZSH_VERSION ARGV0
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	BAUD COLUMNS cdpath DIRSTACKSIZE
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	FCEDIT fignore fpath histchars HISTCHARS
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	HISTFILE HISTSIZE KEYTIMEOUT LANG
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_MESSAGES
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	LC_TIME LINES LISTMAX LOGCHECK mailpath
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	MAILPATH MANPATH manpath module_path
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	MODULE_PATH NULLCMD path POSTEDIT
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	PS3 PS4 PROMPT PROMPT2 PROMPT3 PROMPT4
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	psvar PSVAR prompt READNULLCMD
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	REPORTTIME RPROMPT RPS1 SAVEHIST
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	SPROMPT STTY TIMEFMT TMOUT TMPPREFIX
+syn keyword	zshShellVariables	watch WATCH WATCHFMT WORDCHARS ZDOTDIR
+syn match	zshSpecialShellVar	"\$[-#@*$?!0-9]"
+syn keyword	zshSetVariables		ignoreeof noclobber
+syn region	zshDerefOpr	start="\${" end="}" contains=zshShellVariables
+syn match	zshDerefIdentifier	"\$[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\>"
+syn match	zshOperator		"[][}{&;|)(]"
+
+
+
+syn match  zshNumber		"-\=\<\d\+\>"
+syn match  zshComment	"#.*$" contains=zshNumber,zshTodo
+
+
+syn match zshTestOpr	"-\<[oeaznlg][tfqet]\=\>\|!\==\|-\<[b-gkLprsStuwjxOG]\>"
+"syn region zshTest	      start="\[" skip="\\$" end="\]" contains=zshString,zshTestOpr,zshDerefIdentifier,zshDerefOpr
+syn region  zshString	start=+"+  skip=+\\"+  end=+"+  contains=zshSpecial,zshOperator,zshDerefIdentifier,zshDerefOpr,zshSpecialShellVar,zshSinglequote,zshCommandSub
+
+" 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_zsh_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_zsh_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink zshSinglequote		zshString
+  HiLink zshConditional		zshStatement
+  HiLink zshRepeat		zshStatement
+  HiLink zshFunctionName	zshFunction
+  HiLink zshCommandSub		zshOperator
+  HiLink zshRedir		zshOperator
+  HiLink zshSetVariables	zshShellVariables
+  HiLink zshSpecialShellVar	zshShellVariables
+  HiLink zshTestOpr		zshOperator
+  HiLink zshDerefOpr		zshSpecial
+  HiLink zshDerefIdentifier	zshShellVariables
+  HiLink zshOperator		Operator
+  HiLink zshStatement		Statement
+  HiLink zshNumber		Number
+  HiLink zshString		String
+  HiLink zshComment		Comment
+  HiLink zshSpecial		Special
+  HiLink zshTodo		Todo
+  HiLink zshShellVariables	Special
+"  hi zshOperator		term=underline ctermfg=6 guifg=Purple gui=bold
+"  hi zshShellVariables	term=underline ctermfg=2 guifg=SeaGreen gui=bold
+"  hi zshFunction		term=bold ctermbg=1 guifg=Red
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "zsh"
+
+" vim: ts=8