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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	support for 'task 42 edit'
+" Maintainer:	John Florian <jflorian@doubledog.org>
+" Updated:	Wed Jul  8 19:46:32 EDT 2009
+
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items.
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded.
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+syn match taskeditHeading	"^\s*#\s*Name\s\+Editable details\s*$" contained
+syn match taskeditHeading	"^\s*#\s*-\+\s\+-\+\s*$" contained
+syn match taskeditReadOnly	"^\s*#\s*\(UU\)\?ID:.*$" contained
+syn match taskeditReadOnly	"^\s*#\s*Status:.*$" contained
+syn match taskeditReadOnly	"^\s*#\s*i\?Mask:.*$" contained
+syn match taskeditKey		"^ *.\{-}:" nextgroup=taskeditString
+syn match taskeditComment	"^\s*#.*$"
+			\	contains=taskeditReadOnly,taskeditHeading
+syn match taskeditString	".*$" contained contains=@Spell
+
+
+" The default methods for highlighting.  Can be overridden later.
+hi def link taskeditComment	Comment
+hi def link taskeditHeading	Function
+hi def link taskeditKey		Statement
+hi def link taskeditReadOnly	Special
+hi def link taskeditString	String
+
+let b:current_syntax = "taskedit"
+
+" vim:noexpandtab