diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index e6651b8..ae5272a 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	Vim 9.0 script
 " Maintainer:	Charles E. Campbell <NcampObell@SdrPchip.AorgM-NOSPAM>
-" Last Change:	December 20, 2022
-" Version:	9.0-17
+" Last Change:	Jan 08, 2023
+" Version:	9.0-18
 " URL:	http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#SYNTAX_VIM
 " Automatically generated keyword lists: {{{1
 
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@
 syn cluster	vimFuncList	contains=vimCommand,vimFunctionError,vimFuncKey,Tag,vimFuncSID
 syn cluster	vimFuncBodyList	contains=vimAbb,vimAddress,vimAugroupKey,vimAutoCmd,vimCmplxRepeat,vimComment,vim9Comment,vimContinue,vimCtrlChar,vimEcho,vimEchoHL,vimEnvvar,vimExecute,vimIsCommand,vimFBVar,vimFunc,vimFunction,vimFuncVar,vimGlobal,vimHighlight,vimIsCommand,vimLet,vimLetHereDoc,vimLineComment,vimMap,vimMark,vimNorm,vimNotation,vimNotFunc,vimNumber,vimOper,vimOperParen,vimRegion,vimRegister,vimSearch,vimSet,vimSpecFile,vimString,vimSubst,vimSynLine,vimUnmap,vimUserCommand
 syn match	vimFunction	"\<\(fu\%[nction]\)!\=\s\+\%(<[sS][iI][dD]>\|[sSgGbBwWtTlL]:\)\=\%(\i\|[#.]\|{.\{-1,}}\)*\ze\s*("	contains=@vimFuncList nextgroup=vimFuncBody
-syn match	vimFunction	"\<def!\=\ze\s*(" contains=@vimFuncList nextgroup=vimFuncBody
+syn match	vimFunction	"\<def!\=\s\+\%(\i\|[#.]\|{.\{-1,}}\)*\ze\s*(" contains=@vimFuncList nextgroup=vimFuncBody
+"syn match	vimFunction	"\<def!\=\ze\s*(" contains=@vimFuncList nextgroup=vimFuncBody
 
 if exists("g:vimsyn_folding") && g:vimsyn_folding =~# 'f'
  syn region	vimFuncBody  contained	fold start="\ze\s*("	matchgroup=vimCommand end="\<\(endf\>\|endfu\%[nction]\>\|enddef\>\)"		contains=@vimFuncBodyList