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+" tarPlugin.vim -- a Vim plugin for browsing tarfiles
+" Copyright (c) 2002, Michael C. Toren <mct@toren.net>
+" Distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+"
+" Updates are available from <http://michael.toren.net/code/>.  If you
+" find this script useful, or have suggestions for improvements, please
+" let me know.
+" Also look there for further comments and documentation.
+"
+" This part only sets the autocommands.  The functions are in autoload/tar.vim.
+
+if has("autocmd")
+  augroup tar
+    au!
+    au BufReadCmd   tarfile:*	call tar#Read(expand("<afile>"), 1)
+    au BufReadCmd   tarfile:*/*	call tar#Read(expand("<afile>"), 1)
+    au FileReadCmd  tarfile:*	call tar#Read(expand("<afile>"), 0)
+    au FileReadCmd  tarfile:*/*	call tar#Read(expand("<afile>"), 0)
+
+    au BufWriteCmd  tarfile:*	call tar#Write(expand("<afile>"))
+    au BufWriteCmd  tarfile:*/*	call tar#Write(expand("<afile>"))
+    au FileWriteCmd tarfile:*	call tar#Write(expand("<afile>"))
+    au FileWriteCmd tarfile:*/*	call tar#Write(expand("<afile>"))
+
+    au BufReadCmd   *.tar	call tar#Browse(expand("<afile>"))
+    au BufReadCmd   *.tar.gz	call tar#Browse(expand("<afile>"))
+    au BufReadCmd   *.tar.bz2	call tar#Browse(expand("<afile>"))
+    au BufReadCmd   *.tar.Z	call tar#Browse(expand("<afile>"))
+    au BufReadCmd   *.tgz	call tar#Browse(expand("<afile>"))
+  augroup END
+endif
+
+" vim: ts=8