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+" Vim plugin for downloading spell files
+" Maintainer:  Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last Change: 2006 Feb 01
+
+" Exit quickly when:
+" - this plugin was already loaded
+" - when 'compatible' is set
+" - some autocommands are already taking care of spell files
+if exists("loaded_spellfile_plugin") || &cp || exists("#SpellFileMissing")
+  finish
+endif
+let loaded_spellfile_plugin = 1
+
+" The function is in the autoload directory.
+autocmd SpellFileMissing * call spellfile#LoadFile(expand('<amatch>'))