diff --git a/runtime/syntax/readline.vim b/runtime/syntax/readline.vim
index 91094c7..06306d5 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/readline.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/readline.vim
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:         readline(3) configuration file
 " Maintainer:       Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
-" Latest Revision:  2009-05-25
+" Latest Revision:  2011-05-02
 "   readline_has_bash - if defined add support for bash specific
 "                       settings/functions
 
-if exists("b:current_syntax")
+if exists('b:current_syntax')
   finish
 endif
 
@@ -14,163 +14,382 @@
 
 setlocal iskeyword+=-
 
-syn keyword readlineTodo        contained TODO FIXME XXX NOTE
+syn match   readlineKey         contained
+                              \ '\S'
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineKeyTerminator
 
-syn region  readlineComment     display oneline start='^\s*#' end='$'
-                                \ contains=readlineTodo,@Spell
+syn match   readlineBegin       display '^'
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineComment,
+                              \           readlineConditional,
+                              \           readlineInclude,
+                              \           readlineKeyName,
+                              \           readlineKey,
+                              \           readlineKeySeq,
+                              \           readlineKeyword
+                              \ skipwhite
 
-syn match   readlineString      '^\s*[A-Za-z-]\+:'me=e-1 contains=readlineKeys
-syn region  readlineString      display oneline start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+
-                                \ end=+"+ contains=readlineKeysTwo
+syn region  readlineComment     contained display oneline
+                                \ start='#'
+                                \ end='$'
+                                \ contains=readlineTodo,
+                                \          @Spell
+
+syn keyword readlineTodo        contained
+                              \ TODO
+                              \ FIXME
+                              \ XXX
+                              \ NOTE
+
+syn match   readlineConditional contained
+                              \ '$if\>'
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineTest,
+                              \           readlineTestApp
+                              \ skipwhite
+
+syn keyword readlineTest        contained
+                              \ mode
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineTestModeEq
+
+syn match   readlineTestModeEq  contained
+                              \ '='
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineEditingMode
+
+syn keyword readlineTest        contained
+                              \ term
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineTestTermEq
+
+syn match   readlineTestTermEq  contained
+                              \ '='
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineTestTerm
+
+syn match   readlineTestTerm    contained
+                              \ '\S\+'
+
+syn match   readlineTestApp     contained
+                              \ '\S\+'
+
+syn match   readlineConditional contained display
+                              \ '$\%(else\|endif\)\>'
+
+syn match   readlineInclude     contained display
+                              \ '$include\>'
+                              \ nextgroup=readlinePath
+
+syn match   readlinePath        contained display
+                              \ '.\+'
 
 syn case ignore
-syn keyword readlineKeys        contained Control Meta Del Esc Escape LFD
-                                \ Newline Ret Return Rubout Space Spc Tab
+syn match   readlineKeyName     contained display
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineKeySeparator,
+                              \           readlineKeyTerminator
+                              \ '\%(Control\|Del\|Esc\|Escape\|LFD\|Meta\|Newline\|Ret\|Return\|Rubout\|Space\|Spc\|Tab\)'
 syn case match
 
-syn match   readlineKeysTwo     contained display
-                                \ +\\\([CM]-\|[e\\"'abdfnrtv]\|\o\{3}\|x\x\{3}\)+
+syn match   readlineKeySeparator  contained
+                                \ '-'
+                                \ nextgroup=readlineKeyName,
+                                \           readlineKey
 
-syn match   readlineKeymaps     contained display
-                                \ 'emacs\(-standard\|-meta\|-ctlx\)\='
-syn match   readlineKeymaps     contained display
-                                \ 'vi\(-move\|-command\|-insert\)\='
+syn match   readlineKeyTerminator contained
+                                \ ':'
+                                \ nextgroup=readlineFunction
+                                \ skipwhite
 
-syn keyword readlineBellStyles  contained audible visible none
+syn region  readlineKeySeq     contained display oneline
+                              \ start=+"+
+                              \ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+
+                              \ end=+"+
+                              \ contains=readlineKeyEscape
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineKeyTerminator
 
-syn match   readlineNumber      contained display '\<\d\+\>'
+syn match   readlineKeyEscape   contained display
+                              \ +\\\([CM]-\|[e\\"'abdfnrtv]\|\o\{3}\|x\x\{2}\)+
+
+syn keyword readlineKeyword     contained
+                              \ set
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineVariable
+                              \ skipwhite
+
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained 
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineBellStyle
+                              \ skipwhite
+                              \ bell-style
+
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineBoolean
+                              \ skipwhite
+                              \ bind-tty-special-chars
+                              \ completion-ignore-case
+                              \ completion-map-case
+                              \ convert-meta
+                              \ disable-completion
+                              \ echo-control-characters
+                              \ enable-keypad
+                              \ enable-meta-key
+                              \ expand-tilde
+                              \ history-preserve-point
+                              \ horizontal-scroll-mode
+                              \ input-meta
+                              \ meta-flag
+                              \ mark-directories
+                              \ mark-modified-lines
+                              \ mark-symlinked-directories
+                              \ match-hidden-files
+                              \ menu-complete-display-prefix
+                              \ output-meta
+                              \ page-completions
+                              \ print-completions-horizontally
+                              \ revert-all-at-newline
+                              \ show-all-if-ambiguous
+                              \ show-all-if-unmodified
+                              \ skip-completed-text
+                              \ visible-stats
+
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineString
+                              \ skipwhite
+                              \ comment-begin
+                              \ isearch-terminators
+
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineNumber
+                              \ skipwhite
+                              \ completion-display-width
+                              \ completion-prefix-display-length
+                              \ completion-query-items
+                              \ history-size
+
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineEditingMode
+                              \ skipwhite
+                              \ editing-mode
+
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained
+                              \ nextgroup=readlineKeymap
+                              \ skipwhite
+                              \ keymap
+
+syn keyword readlineBellStyle   contained
+                              \ audible
+                              \ visible
+                              \ none
 
 syn case ignore
-syn keyword readlineBoolean     contained on off
+syn keyword readlineBoolean     contained
+                              \ on
+                              \ off
 syn case match
 
-syn keyword readlineIfOps       contained mode term
+syn region  readlineString      contained display oneline
+                              \ matchgroup=readlineStringDelimiter
+                              \ start=+"+
+                              \ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+
+                              \ end=+"+
 
-syn region  readlineConditional display oneline transparent
-                                \ matchgroup=readlineConditional
-                                \ start='^\s*$if' end="$"
-                                \ contains=readlineIfOps,readlineKeymaps
-syn match   readlineConditional display '^\s*$\(else\|endif\)\>'
+syn match   readlineNumber      contained display
+                              \ '[+-]\d\+\>'
 
-syn match   readlineInclude     display '^\s*$include\>'
+syn keyword readlineEditingMode contained
+                              \ emacs
+                              \ vi
 
-syn region  readlineSet         display oneline transparent
-                                \ matchgroup=readlineKeyword start='^\s*set\>'
-                                \ end="$"me=e-1 contains=readlineNumber,
-                                \ readlineBoolean,readlineKeymaps,
-                                \ readlineBellStyles,readlineSettings
+syn match   readlineKeymap      contained display
+                              \ 'emacs\%(-\%(standard\|meta\|ctlx\)\)\=\|vi\%(-\%(move\|command\|insert\)\)\='
 
-syn keyword readlineSettings    contained bell-style comment-begin
-                                \ completion-ignore-case completion-query-items
-                                \ convert-meta disable-completion editing-mode
-                                \ enable-keypad expand-tilde
-                                \ horizontal-scroll-mode mark-directories
-                                \ keymap mark-modified-lines meta-flag
-                                \ input-meta output-meta
-                                \ print-completions-horizontally
-                                \ show-all-if-ambiguous visible-stats
-                                \ prefer-visible-bell blink-matching-paren
-                                \ match-hidden-files history-preserve-point
-                                \ isearch-terminators
-
-syn region  readlineBinding     display oneline transparent
-                                \ matchgroup=readlineKeyword start=':' end='$'
-                                \ contains=readlineKeys,readlineFunctions
-
-syn keyword readlineFunctions   contained display
-                                \ beginning-of-line end-of-line forward-char
-                                \ backward-char forward-word backward-word
-                                \ clear-screen redraw-current-line
-                                \ accept-line previous-history
-                                \ next-history beginning-of-history
-                                \ end-of-history reverse-search-history
-                                \ forward-search-history
-                                \ non-incremental-reverse-search-history
-                                \ non-incremental-forward-search-history
-                                \ history-search-forward
-                                \ history-search-backward
-                                \ yank-nth-arg yank-last-arg
-                                \ delete-char backward-delete-char
-                                \ forward-backward-delete-char quoted-insert
-                                \ tab-insert self-insert transpose-chars
-                                \ transpose-words upcase-word downcase-word
-                                \ capitalize-word overwrite-mode kill-line
-                                \ backward-kill-line unix-line-discard
-                                \ kill-whole-line kill-word backward-kill-word
-                                \ unix-word-rubout unix-filename-rubout
-                                \ delete-horizontal-space kill-region
-                                \ copy-region-as-kill copy-backward-word
-                                \ copy-forward-word yank yank-pop
-                                \ digit-argument universal-argument complete
-                                \ possible-completions insert-completions
-                                \ menu-complete delete-char-or-list
-                                \ start-kbd-macro end-kbd-macro
-                                \ call-last-kbd-macro re-read-init-file
-                                \ abort do-uppercase-version prefix-meta
-                                \ undo revert-line tilde-expand set-mark
-                                \ exchange-point-and-mark character-search
-                                \ character-search-backward insert-comment
-                                \ dump-functions dump-variables dump-macros
-                                \ emacs-editing-mode vi-editing-mode
-                                \ vi-complete vi-char-search vi-redo
-                                \ vi-search vi-arg-digit vi-append-eol
-                                \ vi-prev-word vi-change-to vi-delete-to
-                                \ vi-end-word vi-fetch-history vi-insert-beg
-                                \ vi-search-again vi-put vi-replace
-                                \ vi-subst vi-yank-to vi-first-print
-                                \ vi-yank-arg vi-goto-mark vi-append-mode
-                                \ vi-insertion-mode prev-history vi-set-mark
-                                \ vi-search-again vi-put vi-change-char
-                                \ vi-subst vi-delete vi-yank-to
-                                \ vi-column vi-change-case vi-overstrike
-                                \ vi-overstrike-delete do-lowercase-version
-                                \ delete-char-or-list tty-status
-                                \ arrow-key-prefix vi-back-to-indent vi-bword
-                                \ vi-bWord vi-eword vi-eWord vi-fword vi-fWord
-                                \ vi-next-word
-                                \ vi-movement-mode
+syn keyword readlineFunction    contained
+                              \ beginning-of-line
+                              \ end-of-line
+                              \ forward-char
+                              \ backward-char
+                              \ forward-word
+                              \ backward-word
+                              \ clear-screen
+                              \ redraw-current-line
+                              \
+                              \ accept-line
+                              \ previous-history
+                              \ next-history
+                              \ beginning-of-history
+                              \ end-of-history
+                              \ reverse-search-history
+                              \ forward-search-history
+                              \ non-incremental-reverse-search-history
+                              \ non-incremental-forward-search-history
+                              \ history-search-forward
+                              \ history-search-backward
+                              \ yank-nth-arg
+                              \ yank-last-arg
+                              \
+                              \ delete-char
+                              \ backward-delete-char
+                              \ forward-backward-delete-char
+                              \ quoted-insert
+                              \ tab-insert
+                              \ self-insert
+                              \ transpose-chars
+                              \ transpose-words
+                              \ upcase-word
+                              \ downcase-word
+                              \ capitalize-word
+                              \ overwrite-mode
+                              \
+                              \ kill-line
+                              \ backward-kill-line
+                              \ unix-line-discard
+                              \ kill-whole-line
+                              \ kill-word
+                              \ backward-kill-word
+                              \ unix-word-rubout
+                              \ unix-filename-rubout
+                              \ delete-horizontal-space
+                              \ kill-region
+                              \ copy-region-as-kill
+                              \ copy-backward-word
+                              \ copy-forward-word
+                              \ yank
+                              \ yank-pop
+                              \
+                              \ digit-argument
+                              \ universal-argument
+                              \
+                              \ complete
+                              \ possible-completions
+                              \ insert-completions
+                              \ menu-complete
+                              \ menu-complete-or-backward
+                              \ delete-char-or-list
+                              \
+                              \ start-kbd-macro
+                              \ end-kbd-macro
+                              \ call-last-kbd-macro
+                              \
+                              \ re-read-init-file
+                              \ abort
+                              \ do-uppercase-version
+                              \ prefix-meta
+                              \ undo
+                              \ revert-line
+                              \ tilde-expand
+                              \ set-mark
+                              \ exchange-point-and-mark
+                              \ character-search
+                              \ character-search-backward
+                              \ skip-csi-sequence
+                              \ insert-comment
+                              \ dump-functions
+                              \ dump-variables
+                              \ dump-macros
+                              \ emacs-editing-mode
+                              \ vi-editing-mode
+                              \
+                              \ vi-eof-maybe
+                              \ vi-movement-mode
+                              \ vi-undo
+                              \ vi-match
+                              \ vi-tilde-expand
+                              \ vi-complete
+                              \ vi-char-search
+                              \ vi-redo
+                              \ vi-search
+                              \ vi-arg-digit
+                              \ vi-append-eol
+                              \ vi-prev-word
+                              \ vi-change-to
+                              \ vi-delete-to
+                              \ vi-end-word
+                              \ vi-char-search
+                              \ vi-fetch-history
+                              \ vi-insert-beg
+                              \ vi-search-again
+                              \ vi-put
+                              \ vi-replace
+                              \ vi-subst
+                              \ vi-char-search
+                              \ vi-next-word
+                              \ vi-yank-to
+                              \ vi-first-print
+                              \ vi-yank-arg
+                              \ vi-goto-mark
+                              \ vi-append-mode
+                              \ vi-prev-word
+                              \ vi-change-to
+                              \ vi-delete-to
+                              \ vi-end-word
+                              \ vi-char-search
+                              \ vi-insert-mode
+                              \ vi-set-mark
+                              \ vi-search-again
+                              \ vi-put
+                              \ vi-change-char
+                              \ vi-subst
+                              \ vi-char-search
+                              \ vi-undo
+                              \ vi-next-word
+                              \ vi-delete
+                              \ vi-yank-to
+                              \ vi-column
+                              \ vi-change-case
 
 if exists("readline_has_bash")
-  syn keyword readlineFunctions contained
-                                \ shell-expand-line history-expand-line
-                                \ magic-space alias-expand-line
-                                \ history-and-alias-expand-line
-                                \ insert-last-argument operate-and-get-next
-                                \ forward-backward-delete-char
-                                \ delete-char-or-list complete-filename
-                                \ possible-filename-completions
-                                \ complete-username
-                                \ possible-username-completions
-                                \ complete-variable
-                                \ possible-variable-completions
-                                \ complete-hostname
-                                \ possible-hostname-completions
-                                \ complete-command
-                                \ possible-command-completions
-                                \ dynamic-complete-history
-                                \ complete-into-braces
-                                \ glob-expand-word glob-list-expansions
-                                \ display-shell-version glob-complete-word
-                                \ edit-and-execute-command
+  syn keyword readlineFunction  contained
+                              \ shell-expand-line
+                              \ history-expand-line
+                              \ magic-space
+                              \ alias-expand-line
+                              \ history-and-alias-expand-line
+                              \ insert-last-argument
+                              \ operate-and-get-next
+                              \ forward-backward-delete-char
+                              \ delete-char-or-list
+                              \ complete-filename
+                              \ possible-filename-completions
+                              \ complete-username
+                              \ possible-username-completions
+                              \ complete-variable
+                              \ possible-variable-completions
+                              \ complete-hostname
+                              \ possible-hostname-completions
+                              \ complete-command
+                              \ possible-command-completions
+                              \ dynamic-complete-history
+                              \ complete-into-braces
+                              \ glob-expand-word
+                              \ glob-list-expansions
+                              \ display-shell-version
+                              \ glob-complete-word
+                              \ edit-and-execute-command
 endif
 
-hi def link readlineComment     Comment
-hi def link readlineTodo        Todo
-hi def link readlineString      String
-hi def link readlineKeys        SpecialChar
-hi def link readlineKeysTwo     SpecialChar
-hi def link readlineKeymaps     Constant
-hi def link readlineBellStyles  Constant
-hi def link readlineNumber      Number
-hi def link readlineBoolean     Boolean
-hi def link readlineIfOps       Type
-hi def link readlineConditional Conditional
-hi def link readlineInclude     Include
-hi def link readlineKeyword     Keyword
-hi def link readlineSettings    Type
-hi def link readlineFunctions   Type
+hi def link readlineKey           readlineKeySeq
+hi def link readlineComment       Comment
+hi def link readlineTodo          Todo
+hi def link readlineConditional   Conditional
+hi def link readlineTest          Type
+hi def link readlineDelimiter     Delimiter
+hi def link readlineTestModeEq    readlineEq
+hi def link readlineTestTermEq    readlineEq
+hi def link readlineTestTerm      readlineString
+hi def link readlineTestAppEq     readlineEq
+hi def link readlineTestApp       readlineString
+hi def link readlineInclude       Include
+hi def link readlinePath          String
+hi def link readlineKeyName       SpecialChar
+hi def link readlineKeySeparator  readlineKeySeq
+hi def link readlineKeyTerminator readlineDelimiter
+hi def link readlineKeySeq        String
+hi def link readlineKeyEscape     SpecialChar
+hi def link readlineKeyword       Keyword
+hi def link readlineVariable      Identifier
+hi def link readlineBellStyle     Constant
+hi def link readlineBoolean       Boolean
+hi def link readlineString        String
+hi def link readlineStringDelimiter readlineString
+hi def link readlineNumber        Number
+hi def link readlineEditingMode   Constant
+hi def link readlineKeymap        Constant
+hi def link readlineFunction      Function
 
-let b:current_syntax = "readline"
+let b:current_syntax = 'readline'
 
 let &cpo = s:cpo_save
 unlet s:cpo_save