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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Reva Forth
+" Version:	7.1
+" Last Change:	2008/01/11
+" Maintainer:	Ron Aaron <ron@ronware.org>
+" URL:		http://ronware.org/reva/
+" Filetypes:	*.rf *.frt 
+" NOTE: 	You should also have the ftplugin/reva.vim file to set 'isk'
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items and don't load
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+  echo "Reva syntax file requires version 6.0 or later of vim!"
+  finish
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+   finish
+endif
+
+syn clear
+
+" Synchronization method
+syn sync ccomment 
+syn sync maxlines=100
+
+
+syn case ignore
+" Some special, non-FORTH keywords
+"syn keyword revaTodo contained todo fixme bugbug todo: bugbug: note:
+syn match revaTodo contained '\(todo\|fixme\|bugbug\|note\)[:]*'
+syn match revaTodo contained 'copyright\(\s(c)\)\=\(\s[0-9]\{2,4}\)\='
+
+syn match revaHelpDesc '\S.*' contained
+syn match revaHelpStuff '\<\(def\|stack\|ctx\|ver\|os\|related\):\s.*'
+syn region revaHelpStuff start='\<desc:\>' end='^\S' contains=revaHelpDesc
+syn region revaEOF start='\<|||\>' end='{$}' contains=revaHelpStuff
+
+
+syn case match
+" basic mathematical and logical operators
+syn keyword revaoperators + - * / mod /mod negate abs min max umin umax
+syn keyword revaoperators and or xor not invert 1+ 1- 
+syn keyword revaoperators m+ */ */mod m* um* m*/ um/mod fm/mod sm/rem
+syn keyword revaoperators d+ d- dnegate dabs dmin dmax > < = >> << u< <>
+
+
+" stack manipulations
+syn keyword revastack drop nip dup over tuck swap rot -rot ?dup pick roll
+syn keyword revastack 2drop 2nip 2dup 2over 2swap 2rot 3drop
+syn keyword revastack >r r> r@ rdrop
+" syn keyword revastack sp@ sp! rp@ rp!
+
+" address operations
+syn keyword revamemory @ ! +! c@ c! 2@ 2! align aligned allot allocate here free resize
+syn keyword revaadrarith chars char+ cells cell+ cell cell- 2cell+ 2cell- 3cell+ 4cell+
+syn keyword revamemblks move fill 
+
+" conditionals
+syn keyword revacond if else then =if >if <if <>if if0  ;; catch throw 
+
+" iterations
+syn keyword revaloop while repeat until again
+syn keyword revaloop do loop i j leave  unloop skip more
+
+" new words
+syn match revaColonDef '\<noname:\|\<:\s+' contains=revaComment
+syn keyword revaEndOfColonDef ; ;inline
+syn keyword revadefine constant constant, variable create variable,
+syn keyword revadefine user value to +to defer! defer@ defer is does> immediate 
+syn keyword revadefine compile literal ' [']
+
+" Built in words
+com! -nargs=+ Builtin syn keyword revaBuiltin <args>
+Builtin execute ahead interp bye >body here pad words make
+Builtin accept close cr creat delete ekey emit fsize ioerr key?
+Builtin mtime open/r open/rw read rename seek space spaces stat 
+Builtin tell type type_ write (seek) (argv) (save) 0; 0drop;
+Builtin >class >lz >name >xt alias alias: appname argc asciiz, asciizl,
+Builtin body> clamp depth disassemble findprev fnvhash getenv here,
+Builtin iterate last! last@ later link lz> lzmax os parse/ peek 
+Builtin peek-n pop prior push put rp@ rpick save setenv slurp
+Builtin stack-empty? stack-iterate stack-size stack: THROW_BADFUNC
+Builtin THROW_BADLIB THROW_GENERIC used xt>size z,
+Builtin +lplace +place -chop /char /string bounds c+lplace c+place
+Builtin chop cmp cmpi count lc lcount lplace place quote rsplit search split
+Builtin zcount zt \\char
+Builtin chdir g32 k32 u32 getcwd getpid hinst osname stdin stdout
+Builtin (-lib) (bye) (call) (else) (find) (func) (here) (if (lib) (s0) (s^)
+Builtin (to~) (while) >in >rel ?literal appstart cold compiling? context? d0 default_class
+Builtin defer? dict dolstr dostr find-word h0 if) interp isa onexit
+Builtin onstartup pdoes pop>ebx prompt rel> rp0 s0 src srcstr state str0 then,> then> tib 
+Builtin tp vector vector! word? xt? .ver revaver revaver# && '' 'constant 'context
+Builtin 'create 'defer 'does 'forth 'inline 'macro 'macront 'notail 'value 'variable
+Builtin (.r) (context) (create) (header) (hide) (inline) (p.r) (words~) (xfind)
+Builtin ++ -- , -2drop -2nip -link -swap . .2x .classes .contexts .funcs .libs .needs .r
+Builtin .rs .x 00; 0do 0if 1, 2, 3, 2* 2/ 2constant 2variable 3dup 4dup ;then >base >defer
+Builtin >rr ? ?do @execute @rem appdir argv as back base base! between chain cleanup-libs
+Builtin cmove> context?? ctrl-c ctx>name data: defer: defer@def dictgone do_cr eleave 
+Builtin endcase endof eval exception exec false find func: header heapgone help help/ 
+Builtin hex# hide inline{ last lastxt lib libdir literal, makeexename mnotail ms ms@
+Builtin newclass noop nosavedict notail nul of off on p: padchar parse parseln 
+Builtin parsews rangeof rdepth remains reset reva revaused rol8 rr> scratch setclass sp 
+Builtin strof super> temp time&date true turnkey? undo vfunc: w! w@
+Builtin xchg xchg2 xfind xt>name xwords { {{ }} }  _+ _1+ _1- pathsep case \||
+" p[ [''] [ ['] 
+
+
+" debugging
+syn keyword revadebug .s dump see
+
+" basic character operations
+" syn keyword revaCharOps (.) CHAR EXPECT FIND WORD TYPE -TRAILING EMIT KEY
+" syn keyword revaCharOps KEY? TIB CR
+" syn match revaCharOps '\<char\s\S\s'
+" syn match revaCharOps '\<\[char\]\s\S\s'
+" syn region revaCharOps start=+."\s+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"+
+
+" char-number conversion
+syn keyword revaconversion s>d >digit digit> >single >double >number >float 
+
+" contexts
+syn keyword revavocs forth macro inline  
+syn keyword revavocs context: 
+syn match revavocs /\<\~[^~ ]*/
+syn match revavocs /[^~ ]*\~\>/
+
+" numbers
+syn keyword revamath decimal hex base binary octal
+syn match revainteger '\<-\=[0-9.]*[0-9.]\+\>'
+" recognize hex and binary numbers, the '$' and '%' notation is for greva
+syn match revainteger '\<\$\x*\x\+\>' " *1* --- dont't mess
+syn match revainteger '\<\x*\d\x*\>'  " *2* --- this order!
+syn match revainteger '\<%[0-1]*[0-1]\+\>'
+syn match revainteger "\<'.\>"
+
+" Strings
+" syn region revaString start=+\.\?\"+ end=+"+ end=+$+
+syn region revaString start=/"/ skip=/\\"/ end=/"/ 
+
+" Comments
+syn region revaComment start='\\S\s' end='.*' contains=revaTodo
+syn match revaComment '\.(\s[^)]\{-})' contains=revaTodo
+syn region revaComment start='(\s' skip='\\)' end=')' contains=revaTodo
+syn match revaComment '(\s[^\-]*\-\-[^\-]\{-})' contains=revaTodo
+syn match revaComment '\<|\s.*$' contains=revaTodo
+syn match revaColonDef '\<:m\?\s*[^ \t]\+\>' contains=revaComment
+
+" Include files
+syn match revaInclude '\<\(include\|needs\)\s\+\S\+'
+
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+if !exists("did_reva_syntax_inits")
+    let did_reva_syntax_inits=1
+    " The default methods for highlighting. Can be overriden later.
+    hi def link revaEOF cIf0
+    hi def link revaHelpStuff  special
+    hi def link revaHelpDesc Comment
+    hi def link revaTodo Todo
+    hi def link revaOperators Operator
+    hi def link revaMath Number
+    hi def link revaInteger Number
+    hi def link revaStack Special
+    hi def link revaFStack Special
+    hi def link revaSP Special
+    hi def link revaMemory Operator
+    hi def link revaAdrArith Function
+    hi def link revaMemBlks Function
+    hi def link revaCond Conditional
+    hi def link revaLoop Repeat
+    hi def link revaColonDef Define
+    hi def link revaEndOfColonDef Define
+    hi def link revaDefine Define
+    hi def link revaDebug Debug
+    hi def link revaCharOps Character
+    hi def link revaConversion String
+    hi def link revaForth Statement
+    hi def link revaVocs Statement
+    hi def link revaString String
+    hi def link revaComment Comment
+    hi def link revaClassDef Define
+    hi def link revaEndOfClassDef Define
+    hi def link revaObjectDef Define
+    hi def link revaEndOfObjectDef Define
+    hi def link revaInclude Include
+    hi def link revaBuiltin Keyword
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "reva"
+
+" vim: ts=8:sw=4:nocindent:smartindent: