diff --git a/runtime/syntax/gitolite.vim b/runtime/syntax/gitolite.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d93c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/syntax/gitolite.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	gitolite configuration
+" URL:		https://github.com/tmatilai/gitolite.vim
+" Maintainer:	Teemu Matilainen <teemu.matilainen@iki.fi>
+" Last Change:	2011-10-05
+
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Comment
+syn match	gitoliteComment		"\(^\|\s\)#.*" contains=gitoliteTodo
+syn keyword	gitoliteTodo		TODO FIXME XXX NOT contained
+
+" Groups, users and repos
+syn match	gitoliteGroupDef	"\(^\s*\)\@<=@[^=]\{-1,}\(\s*=\)\@=" contains=gitoliteSpaceError,gitoliteUserError nextgroup=gitoliteGroupDefSep
+syn match	gitoliteGroupDefSep	"\s*=" contained nextgroup=gitoliteRepoLine
+syn match	gitoliteRepoDef		"^\s*repo\s" nextgroup=gitoliteRepoLine
+
+syn match	gitoliteRepoLine	".*" contained transparent contains=gitoliteGroup,gitoliteWildRepo,gitoliteCreator,gitoliteExtCmdHelper,gitoliteRepoError,gitoliteComment
+syn match	gitoliteUserLine	".*" contained transparent contains=gitoliteGroup,gitolitePreProc,gitoliteUserError,gitoliteComment
+
+syn match	gitoliteWildRepo	"[ \t=]\@<=[^ \t]*[\\^$|()[\]*?{}][^ \t]*" contained contains=gitoliteCreator,gitoliteRepoError
+syn match	gitoliteGroup		"[ \t=]\@<=@[^ \t]\+" contained contains=gitoliteUserError
+
+syn keyword	gitoliteCreator		CREATER CREATOR contained
+syn keyword	gitolitePreProc		CREATER CREATOR READERS WRITERS contained
+
+syn match	gitoliteExtCmdHelper	"[ \t=]\@<=EXTCMD/" contained nextgroup=gitoliteExtCmd
+syn match	gitoliteExtCmd		"rsync\(\s\|$\)" contained
+
+" Illegal characters
+syn match	gitoliteRepoError	"[^ \t0-9a-zA-Z._@+/\\^$|()[\]*?{}-]\+" contained
+syn match	gitoliteUserError	"[^ \t0-9a-zA-Z._@+-]\+" contained
+syn match	gitoliteSpaceError	"\s\+" contained
+
+" Permission
+syn match	gitoliteKeyword		"^\s*\(C\|R\|RW\|RW+\|RWC\|RW+C\|RWD\|RW+D\|RWCD\|RW+CD\)[ \t=]\@=" nextgroup=gitoliteRefex
+syn match	gitoliteKeyword		"^\s*-[ \t=]\@=" nextgroup=gitoliteDenyRefex
+syn match	gitoliteRefex		"[^=]*="he=e-1 contained contains=gitoliteSpecialRefex,gitoliteGroup nextgroup=gitoliteUserLine
+syn match	gitoliteDenyRefex	"[^=]*="he=e-1 contained contains=gitoliteSpecialRefex,gitoliteGroup nextgroup=gitoliteDenyUsers
+syn match	gitoliteSpecialRefex	"\sNAME/"he=e-1 contained
+syn match	gitoliteSpecialRefex	"/USER/"hs=s+1,he=e-1 contained
+syn match	gitoliteDenyUsers	".*" contained contains=gitoliteUserError,gitoliteComment
+
+" Configuration
+syn match	gitoliteKeyword		"^\s*config\s\+" nextgroup=gitoliteConfVariable
+syn match	gitoliteConfVariable	"[^=]*" contained
+
+" Include
+syn match	gitoliteInclude		"^\s*\(include\|subconf\)\s"
+
+" String
+syn region	gitoliteString		start=+"+ end=+"+ oneline
+
+" Define the default highlighting
+hi def link gitoliteComment		Comment
+hi def link gitoliteTodo		Todo
+hi def link gitoliteGroupDef		gitoliteGroup
+hi def link gitoliteGroup		Identifier
+hi def link gitoliteWildRepo		Special
+hi def link gitoliteRepoError		gitoliteError
+hi def link gitoliteUserError		gitoliteError
+hi def link gitoliteSpaceError		gitoliteError
+hi def link gitoliteError		Error
+hi def link gitoliteCreator		gitolitePreProc
+hi def link gitolitePreProc		PreProc
+hi def link gitoliteExtCmdHelper	PreProc
+hi def link gitoliteExtCmd		Special
+hi def link gitoliteRepoDef		Type
+hi def link gitoliteKeyword		Keyword
+hi def link gitoliteRefex		String
+hi def link gitoliteDenyRefex		gitoliteRefex
+hi def link gitoliteSpecialRefex	PreProc
+hi def link gitoliteDenyUsers		WarningMsg
+hi def link gitoliteConfVariable	Identifier
+hi def link gitoliteInclude		Include
+hi def link gitoliteString		String
+
+let b:current_syntax = "gitolite"
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/netrw.vim b/runtime/syntax/netrw.vim
index 59c65d7..d4d266c 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/netrw.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/netrw.vim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 syn match  netrwDir		"\%(\S\+ \)*\S\+/"					contains=netrwClassify,@NoSpell
 syn match  netrwSizeDate	"\<\d\+\s\d\{1,2}/\d\{1,2}/\d\{4}\s"	skipwhite	contains=netrwDateSep,@NoSpell	nextgroup=netrwTime
 syn match  netrwSymLink		"\%(\S\+ \)*\S\+@\ze\%(\s\{2,}\|$\)"  			contains=netrwClassify,@NoSpell
-syn match  netrwExe		"\%(\S\+ \)*\S\+\*\ze\%(\s\{2,}\|$\)" 			contains=netrwClassify,@NoSpell
+syn match  netrwExe		"\%(\S\+ \)*\S*[^~]\*\ze\%(\s\{2,}\|$\)" 		contains=netrwClassify,@NoSpell
 syn match  netrwTreeBar		"^\%([-+|] \)\+"					contains=netrwTreeBarSpace	nextgroup=@netrwTreeGroup
 syn match  netrwTreeBarSpace	" "					contained
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  syn match netrwObj		"\(\S\+ \)*\S*\.\%(o\|obj\)\>"			contains=netrwTreeBar,@NoSpell
  syn match netrwTags    	"\<tags\>"					contains=netrwTreeBar,@NoSpell
  syn match netrwTags		"\<\(ANmenu\|ANtags\)\>"			contains=netrwTreeBar,@NoSpell
- syn match netrwTilde		"\(\S\+ \)*\S\+\~\>"				contains=netrwTreeBar,@NoSpell
+ syn match netrwTilde		"\(\S\+ \)*\S\+\~\*\=\>"			contains=netrwTreeBar,@NoSpell
  syn match netrwTmp		"\<tmp\(\S\+ \)*\S\+\>\|\(\S\+ \)*\S*tmp\>"	contains=netrwTreeBar,@NoSpell
 endif
 
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/php.vim b/runtime/syntax/php.vim
index 2c49c64..956197d 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/php.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/php.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language: php PHP 3/4/5
 " Maintainer: Jason Woofenden <jason@jasonwoof.com>
-" Last Change: July 29, 2011
+" Last Change: Oct 20, 2011
 " URL: https://gitorious.org/jasonwoof/vim-syntax/blobs/master/php.vim
 " Former Maintainers: Peter Hodge <toomuchphp-vim@yahoo.com>
 "         Debian VIM Maintainers <pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
   syn cluster phpAddStrings add=@htmlTop
 endif
 
+" make sure we can use \ at the begining of the line to do a continuation
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
 syn case match
 
 " Env Variables
@@ -691,4 +695,8 @@
   unlet main_syntax
 endif
 
+" put cpoptions back the way we found it
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save
+
 " vim: ts=8 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/rhelp.vim b/runtime/syntax/rhelp.vim
index 9120d75..0c07861 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/rhelp.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/rhelp.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 " Language:    R Help File
 " Maintainer: Jakson Aquino <jalvesaq@gmail.com>
 " Former Maintainer: Johannes Ranke <jranke@uni-bremen.de>
-" Last Change: Sat Feb 19, 2011  02:13PM
+" Last Change: Fri Oct 14, 2011  09:54PM
 " Version:     0.7.4
 " SVN:		   $Id: rhelp.vim 90 2010-11-22 10:58:11Z ranke $
 " Remarks:     - Includes R syntax highlighting in the appropriate
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@
 syn match rhelpComment /%.*$/
 
 " Error {{{1
-syn region rhelpRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/(/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/)/ transparent contains=ALLBUT,rhelpError,rhelpBraceError,rhelpCurlyError
-syn region rhelpRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/{/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/}/ transparent contains=ALLBUT,rhelpError,rhelpBraceError,rhelpParenError
-syn region rhelpRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/\[/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/]/ transparent contains=ALLBUT,rhelpError,rhelpCurlyError,rhelpParenError
+syn region rhelpRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/(/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/)/ contains=@Spell,rhelpCodeSpecial,rhelpComment,rhelpDelimiter,rhelpDots,rhelpFreesec,rhelpFreesubsec,rhelpIdentifier,rhelpKeyword,rhelpLink,rhelpPreProc,rhelpRComment,rhelpRcode,rhelpRegion,rhelpS4method,rhelpSection,rhelpSexpr,rhelpSpecialChar,rhelpString,rhelpType,rhelpVerbatim
+syn region rhelpRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/{/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/}/ contains=@Spell,rhelpCodeSpecial,rhelpComment,rhelpDelimiter,rhelpDots,rhelpFreesec,rhelpFreesubsec,rhelpIdentifier,rhelpKeyword,rhelpLink,rhelpPreProc,rhelpRComment,rhelpRcode,rhelpRegion,rhelpS4method,rhelpSection,rhelpSexpr,rhelpSpecialChar,rhelpString,rhelpType,rhelpVerbatim
+syn region rhelpRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/\[/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/]/ contains=@Spell,rhelpCodeSpecial,rhelpComment,rhelpDelimiter,rhelpDots,rhelpFreesec,rhelpFreesubsec,rhelpIdentifier,rhelpKeyword,rhelpLink,rhelpPreProc,rhelpRComment,rhelpRcode,rhelpRegion,rhelpS4method,rhelpSection,rhelpSexpr,rhelpSpecialChar,rhelpString,rhelpType,rhelpVerbatim
 syn match rhelpError      /[)\]}]/
 syn match rhelpBraceError /[)}]/ contained
 syn match rhelpCurlyError /[)\]]/ contained
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sqr.vim b/runtime/syntax/sqr.vim
index 8749447..8c9e7b4 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sqr.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sqr.vim
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 syn keyword    sqrSection     end-footing end-heading end-procedure
 syn keyword    sqrSection     end-program end-report end-setup
 
-syn keyword    sqrParagraph   alter-color-map alter-conection
+syn keyword    sqrParagraph   alter-color-map alter-connection
 syn keyword    sqrParagraph   alter-locale alter-printer alter-report
 syn keyword    sqrParagraph   begin-document begin-execute begin-select
 syn keyword    sqrParagraph   begin-sql declare-chart declare-image
-syn keyword    sqrParagraph   declare-color-map declare-conection
+syn keyword    sqrParagraph   declare-color-map declare-connection
 syn keyword    sqrParagraph   declare-layout declare-printer
 syn keyword    sqrParagraph   declare-report declare-procedure
 syn keyword    sqrParagraph   declare-toc declare-variable end-declare
@@ -224,16 +224,16 @@
   " See also the sqrString section above for handling of ! characters
   " inside of strings.  (Those patterns override the ones below.)
   syn match	sqrComment	/!\@<!!\([^!=].*\|$\)/ contains=sqrTodo
-  "				  the ! can't be preceeded by another !,
+  "				  the ! can't be preceded by another !,
   "				  and must be followed by at least one
   "				  character other than ! or =, or immediately
   "				  by the end-of-line
   syn match	sqrComment	/^!=.*/ contains=sqrTodo
   syn match	sqrComment	/^!!.*/ contains=sqrTodo
   syn match	sqrError	/^\s\+\zs!=.*/
-  "				  it's an error to have "!=" preceeded by
+  "				  it's an error to have "!=" preceded by
   "				  just whitespace on the line ("!="
-  "				  preceeded by non-whitespace is treated
+  "				  preceded by non-whitespace is treated
   "				  as neither a comment nor an error, since
   "				  it is often correct, i.e.
   "				    if #count != 7
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
 " 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 hightlighting yet.
+" For version 5.8 and later, only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet.
 if version >= 508 || !exists("did_sqr_syn_inits")
   if version < 508
     let did_sqr_syn_inits = 1
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/tex.vim b/runtime/syntax/tex.vim
index b8756a8..a2b9825 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/tex.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/tex.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	TeX
 " Maintainer:	Dr. Charles E. Campbell, Jr. <NdrchipO@ScampbellPfamily.AbizM>
-" Last Change:	Aug 22, 2011 
-" Version:	68
+" Last Change:	Oct 12, 2011 
+" Version:	69
 " URL:		http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#vimlinks_syntax
 "
 " Notes: {{{1
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
 endif
+let s:keepcpo= &cpo
+set cpo&vim
 scriptencoding utf-8
 
 " Define the default highlighting. {{{1
@@ -1217,7 +1219,9 @@
   delcommand HiLink
 endif
 
-" Current Syntax: {{{1
+" Cleanup: {{{1
 unlet s:extfname
 let   b:current_syntax = "tex"
+let &cpo               = s:keepcpo
+unlet s:keepcpo
 " vim: ts=8 fdm=marker