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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Debian sources.list
+" Maintainer:	Matthijs Mohlmann <matthijs@cacholong.nl>
+" Last Change:	$Date$
+" URL: http://www.cacholong.nl/~matthijs/vim/syntax/debsources.vim
+" $Revision$
+
+" this is a very simple syntax file - I will be improving it
+" add entire DEFINE syntax
+
+" Standard syntax initialization
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" case sensitive
+syn case match
+
+" A bunch of useful keywords
+syn match debsourcesKeyword        /\(deb-src\|deb\|main\|contrib\|non-free\)/
+
+" Match comments
+syn match debsourcesComment        /#.*/
+
+" Match uri's
+syn match debsourcesUri            +\(http://\|ftp://\|file:///\)[^' 	<>"]\++
+syn match debsourcesDistrKeyword   +\([[:alnum:]_./]*\)\(woody\|sarge\|etch\|old-stable\|stable\|testing\|unstable\|sid\|experimental\|warty\|hoary\|breezy\)\([[:alnum:]_./]*\)+
+
+" Associate our matches and regions with pretty colours
+hi def link debsourcesLine            Error
+hi def link debsourcesKeyword         Statement
+hi def link debsourcesDistrKeyword    Type
+hi def link debsourcesComment         Comment
+hi def link debsourcesUri             Constant
+
+let b:current_syntax = "debsources"
+
+" vim: ts=8