diff --git a/runtime/syntax/context.vim b/runtime/syntax/context.vim
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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:         ConTeXt typesetting engine
+" Maintainer:       Nikolai Weibull <nikolai+work.vim@bitwi.se>
+" Latest Revision:  2005-06-29
+
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
+syn keyword contextTodo       TODO FIXME XXX NOTE
+
+syn region  contextComment    display oneline matchgroup=contextComment
+                              \ start='%' end='$' contains=contextTodo
+syn region  contextComment    display oneline matchgroup=contextComment
+                              \ start='^\s*%[CDM]' end='$' contains=ALL
+
+syn match   contextStatement  display '\\[a-zA-Z@]\+' contains=@NoSpell
+
+syn match   contextBlockDelim display '\\\%(start\|stop\)\a\+'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+
+syn match   contextDelimiter  '[][{}]'
+
+syn match   contextEscaped    display '\\\_[\{}|&%$ ]'
+syn region  contextEscaped    display matchgroup=contextPreProc
+                              \ start='\\type\z(\A\)' end='\z1'
+syn region  contextEscaped    display matchgroup=contextPreProc
+                              \ start='\\type\={' end='}'
+syn region  contextEscaped    display matchgroup=contextPreProc
+                              \ start='\\type\=<<' end='>>'
+syn region  contextEscaped    matchgroup=contextPreProc
+                              \ start='\\start\z(\a*\%(typing\|typen\)\)'
+                              \ end='\\stop\z1'
+syn region  contextEscaped    display matchgroup=contextPreProc
+                              \ start='\\\h\+Type{' end='}'
+syn region  contextEscaped    display matchgroup=contextPreProc
+                              \ start='\\Typed\h\+{' end='}'
+
+"syn region  contextMath       matchgroup=contextMath start='\$' end='\$'
+"                              \ contains=contextStatement
+
+syn match   contextBuiltin    '\\\%(newif\|def\|gdef\|global\|let\|glet\|bgroup\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextBuiltin    '\\\%(begingroup\|egroup\|endgroup\|long\|catcode\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextBuiltin    '\\\%(unprotect\|unexpanded\|if\|else\|fi\|ifx\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextBuiltin    '\\\%(futurelet\|protect\)\>' contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextBuiltin    '\\\%([lr]q\)\>' contains=@NoSpell
+
+syn match   contextPreProc    '^\s*\\\%(start\|stop\)\=\%(component\|environment\|project\|product\).*$'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextPreProc    '^\s*\\input\s\+.*$' contains=@NoSpell
+
+syn match   contextSectioning '\\chapter\>' contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextSectioning '\\\%(sub\)*section\>' contains=@NoSpell
+
+syn match   contextSpecial    '\\crlf\>\|\\par\>\|-\{2,3}\||[<>/]\=|'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextSpecial    '\\[`'"]'
+syn match   contextSpecial    +\\char\%(\d\{1,3}\|'\o\{1,3}\|"\x\{1,2}\)\>+
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextSpecial    '\^\^.'
+syn match   contextSpecial    '`\%(\\.\|\^\^.\|.\)'
+
+syn match   contextStyle      '\\\%(em\|tt\|rm\|ss\|hw\|cg\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextFont       '\\\%(CAP\|Cap\|cap\|Caps\|kap\|nocap\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextFont       '\\\%(Word\|WORD\|Words\|WORDS\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextFont       '\\\%(vi\{1,3}\|ix\|xi\{0,2}\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextFont       '\\\%(tf[abcdx]\|bfx\|[is]lx\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+syn match   contextFont       '\\\%(b[fsi]\|s[cl]\|it\|os\|mf\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+
+syn match   contextDimension  '[+-]\=\s*\%(\d\+\%([.,]\d*\)\=\|[.,]\d\+\)\s*\%(true\)\=\s*\%(p[tc]\|in\|bp\|c[mc]\|mm\|dd\|sp\|e[mx]\)\>'
+                              \ contains=@NoSpell
+
+hi def link contextTodo       Todo
+hi def link contextComment    Comment
+hi def link contextEscaped    Special
+hi def link contextStatement  Identifier
+hi def link contextMath       String
+hi def link contextBlockDelim Keyword
+hi def link contextBuiltin    Keyword
+hi def link contextDelimiter  Delimiter
+hi def link contextPreProc    PreProc
+hi def link contextSectioning PreProc
+hi def link contextSpecial    Special
+hi def link contextStyle      contextType
+hi def link contextFont       contextType
+hi def link contextType       Type
+hi def link contextDimension  Number
+
+let b:current_syntax = "context"
+
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save