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+" Vim filetype plugin
+" Language:    Hamster Script
+" Version:     2.0.6.0
+" Maintainer:  David Fishburn <fishburn@ianywhere.com>
+" Last Change: Wed Nov 08 2006 12:03:09 PM
+
+" Only do this when not done yet for this buffer
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Don't load another plugin for this buffer
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+let cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo-=C
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin = "setl fo< com< tw< commentstring<"
+	\ . "| unlet! b:match_ignorecase b:match_words b:match_skip"
+
+" Set 'formatoptions' to break comment lines but not other lines,
+" and insert the comment leader when hitting <CR> or using "o".
+setlocal fo-=t fo+=croql
+
+" Use the # sign for comments
+setlocal comments=:#
+
+" Format comments to be up to 78 characters long
+if &tw == 0
+  setlocal tw=78
+endif
+
+" Comments start with a double quote
+setlocal commentstring=#%s
+
+" Move around functions.
+noremap <silent><buffer> [[ :call search('^\s*sub\>', "bW")<CR>
+noremap <silent><buffer> ]] :call search('^\s*sub\>', "W")<CR>
+noremap <silent><buffer> [] :call search('^\s*endsub\>', "bW")<CR>
+noremap <silent><buffer> ][ :call search('^\s*endsub\>', "W")<CR>
+
+" Move around comments
+noremap <silent><buffer> ]# :call search('^\s*#\@!', "W")<CR>
+noremap <silent><buffer> [# :call search('^\s*#\@!', "bW")<CR>
+
+" Let the matchit plugin know what items can be matched.
+if exists("loaded_matchit")
+  let b:match_ignorecase = 0
+  let b:match_words =
+	\ '\<sub\>:\<return\>:\<endsub\>,' .
+        \ '\<do\|while\|repeat\|for\>:\<break\>:\<continue\>:\<loop\|endwhile\|until\|endfor\>,' .
+	\ '\<if\>:\<else\%[if]\>:\<endif\>' 
+
+  " Ignore ":syntax region" commands, the 'end' argument clobbers if-endif
+  " let b:match_skip = 'getline(".") =~ "^\\s*sy\\%[ntax]\\s\\+region" ||
+  "	\ synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),1),"name") =~? "comment\\|string"'
+endif
+
+setlocal ignorecase
+let &cpo = cpo_save
+setlocal cpo+=M		" makes \%( match \)