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+" Vim ftplugin file
+" Language: Oracle Procedural SQL (PL/SQL)
+" Maintainer: Lee Lindley (lee dot lindley at gmail dot com)
+" Previous Maintainer: Jeff Lanzarotta (jefflanzarotta at yahoo dot com)
+" Previous Maintainer: C. Laurence Gonsalves (clgonsal@kami.com)
+" URL: https://github.com/lee-lindley/vim_plsql_syntax
+" Last Change: Feb 19, 2025
+" History:  Enno Konfekt move handling of optional syntax folding from syntax
+"               file to ftplugin
+
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin") | finish | endif
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+if get(g:,"plsql_fold",0) == 1
+    setlocal foldmethod=syntax
+    let b:undo_ftplugin = "setl fdm< "
+endif