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+" Vim filetype plugin file
+" Language:	Julia
+" Maintainer:	Carlo Baldassi <carlobaldassi@gmail.com>
+" Homepage:	https://github.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vim
+" Last Change:	2021 Aug 04
+" adapted from upstream 2021 Aug 4
+
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+let s:save_cpo = &cpo
+set cpo-=C
+
+setlocal include=^\\s*\\%(reload\\\|include\\)\\>
+setlocal suffixesadd=.jl
+setlocal comments=:#
+setlocal commentstring=#\ %s
+setlocal cinoptions+=#1
+setlocal define=^\\s*macro\\>
+setlocal fo-=t fo+=croql
+
+let b:julia_vim_loaded = 1
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin = "setlocal include< suffixesadd< comments< commentstring<"
+      \ . " define< fo< shiftwidth< expandtab< indentexpr< indentkeys< cinoptions< completefunc<"
+      \ . " | unlet! b:julia_vim_loaded"
+
+" MatchIt plugin support
+if exists("loaded_matchit")
+  let b:match_ignorecase = 0
+
+  " note: begin_keywords must contain all blocks, in order
+  " for nested-structures-skipping to work properly
+  " note: 'mutable struct' and 'struct' are defined separately because
+  " using \? puts the cursor on 'struct' instead of 'mutable' for some reason
+  let b:julia_begin_keywords = '\%(\.\s*\|@\)\@<!\<\%(function\|macro\|begin\|mutable\s\+struct\|\%(mutable\s\+\)\@<!struct\|\%(abstract\|primitive\)\s\+type\|let\|do\|\%(bare\)\?module\|quote\|if\|for\|while\|try\)\>'
+  " note: the following regex not only recognizes macros, but also local/global keywords.
+  " the purpose is recognizing things like `@inline myfunction()`
+  " or `global myfunction(...)` etc, for matchit and block movement functionality
+  let s:macro_regex = '\%(@\%([#(]\@!\S\)\+\|\<\%(local\|global\)\)\s\+'
+  let s:nomacro = '\%(' . s:macro_regex . '\)\@<!'
+  let s:yesmacro = s:nomacro . '\%('. s:macro_regex . '\)\+'
+  let b:julia_begin_keywordsm = '\%(' . s:yesmacro . b:julia_begin_keywords . '\)\|'
+        \ . '\%(' . s:nomacro . b:julia_begin_keywords . '\)'
+  let b:julia_end_keywords = '\<end\>'
+
+  " note: this function relies heavily on the syntax file
+  function! JuliaGetMatchWords()
+    let [l,c] = [line('.'),col('.')]
+    let attr = synIDattr(synID(l, c, 1),"name")
+    let c1 = c
+    while attr == 'juliaMacro' || expand('<cword>') =~# '\<\%(global\|local\)\>'
+      normal! W
+      if line('.') > l || col('.') == c1
+        call cursor(l, c)
+        return ''
+      endif
+      let attr = synIDattr(synID(l, col('.'), 1),"name")
+      let c1 = col('.')
+    endwhile
+    call cursor(l, c)
+    if attr == 'juliaConditional'
+      return b:julia_begin_keywordsm . ':\<\%(elseif\|else\)\>:' . b:julia_end_keywords
+    elseif attr =~# '\<\%(juliaRepeat\|juliaRepKeyword\)\>'
+      return b:julia_begin_keywordsm . ':\<\%(break\|continue\)\>:' . b:julia_end_keywords
+    elseif attr == 'juliaBlKeyword'
+      return b:julia_begin_keywordsm . ':' . b:julia_end_keywords
+    elseif attr == 'juliaException'
+      return b:julia_begin_keywordsm . ':\<\%(catch\|finally\)\>:' . b:julia_end_keywords
+    endif
+    return '\<\>:\<\>'
+  endfunction
+
+  let b:match_words = 'JuliaGetMatchWords()'
+
+  " we need to skip everything within comments, strings and
+  " the 'begin' and 'end' keywords when they are used as a range rather than as
+  " the delimiter of a block
+  let b:match_skip = 'synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),0),"name") =~# '
+        \ . '"\\<julia\\%(Comprehension\\%(For\\|If\\)\\|RangeKeyword\\|Comment\\%([LM]\\|Delim\\)\\|\\%([bs]\\|Shell\\|Printf\\|Doc\\)\\?String\\|StringPrefixed\\|DocStringM\\(Raw\\)\\?\\|RegEx\\|SymbolS\\?\\|Dotted\\)\\>"'
+
+  let b:undo_ftplugin = b:undo_ftplugin
+        \ . " | unlet! b:match_words b:match_skip b:match_ignorecase"
+        \ . " | unlet! b:julia_begin_keywords b:julia_end_keywords"
+        \ . " | delfunction JuliaGetMatchWords"
+
+endif
+
+let &cpo = s:save_cpo
+unlet s:save_cpo