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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Asterisk config file
+" Maintainer:	brc007
+" Last Change:	2005 Sep 19
+" version 0.2
+"
+" Additional changes made 2005 Mar 7 by Corydon76
+" * CVS priority, including n and s, and new label definitions
+" * ENV( and LEN( support
+" * Class patterns in extensions now match only the class pattern (instead of to a following expression)
+" * anthm's functions are matched
+" * Variables now appear in their own colors inside expressions
+
+" 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
+
+"testing only
+syn sync clear
+syn sync fromstart
+
+
+syn keyword	asteriskTodo	TODO contained
+syn match	asteriskComment		";.*" contains=asteriskTodo
+syn match       asteriskContext         "\[.\{-}\]"
+syn match	asteriskExten		"^\s*exten\s*=>"
+syn match       asteriskApp             "\s*,\s*\zs[a-zA-Z]*\ze"
+" Digits plus oldlabel (newlabel)
+syn match       asteriskPriority        ",[[:digit:]]\+\(+[[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*\)\?\(([[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*)\)\?,"
+" s or n plus digits (newlabel)
+syn match       asteriskPriority        ",[sn]\(+[[:digit:]]\+\)\?\(([[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*)\)\?,"
+syn match       asteriskIncludeBad "^\s*#\s*[[:alnum:]]*"
+syn match       asteriskInclude		"^\s#\sinclude\s.*"
+syn match       asteriskVar             "\${_\{0,2}[[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*\(:[[:digit:]]\+\)\{0,2}}"
+syn match       asteriskVarLen          "\${_\{0,2}[[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*(.\{-})}" contains=asteriskVar,asteriskVarLen,asteriskExp
+syn match       asteriskExp             "\$\[.\{-}\]" contains=asteriskVar,asteriskVarLen,asteriskExp
+syn match       asteriskFunc            "\$([[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*.*)" contains=asteriskVar,asteriskVarLen,asteriskExp
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
+" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
+:if version >= 508 || !exists("did_conf_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_conf_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+
+  HiLink	asteriskComment	Comment
+" not sure what type this should be, using String for testing.
+  HiLink	asteriskExten	String
+" same here
+  HiLink	asteriskContext		Identifier 
+  HiLink        asteriskApplication     Statement
+  HiLink        asteriskInclude		Preproc 
+  HiLink        asteriskIncludeBad  Error
+  HiLink	asteriskPriority	Preproc	
+  HiLink        asteriskVar             String
+  HiLink        asteriskVarLen          Function
+  HiLink        asteriskExp             Type
+ delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "asterisk" 
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2