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+" Vim ABAP syntax file
+"    Language:	SAP - ABAP/4
+"    Revision:	0.8
+"  Maintainer:	Marius van Wyk <marius@e.co.za>
+" Last Change:	2004 Aug 30
+
+" 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
+
+" Always ignore case
+syn case ignore
+
+" Symbol Operators
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "[+\-/=<>$]"
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "\*"
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "[<>]="
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "<>"
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "\*\*"
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "[()]"
+syn match   abapSymbolOperator      "[:,\.]"
+
+" Literals
+syn region  abapString matchgroup=abapString start="'" end="'" contains=abapStringEscape
+syn match   abapStringEscape contained "''"
+
+syn match   abapNumber	"-\=\<\d\+\>"
+syn region  abapHex     matchgroup=abapHex start="X'" end="'"
+
+if version >= 600
+  setlocal iskeyword=-,48-57,_,A-Z,a-z
+else
+  set iskeyword=-,48-57,_,A-Z,a-z
+endif
+
+" ABAP statements
+syn keyword abapStatement ADD ADD-CORRESPONDING ASSIGN AT AUTHORITY-CHECK
+syn keyword abapStatement BACK BREAK-POINT
+syn keyword abapStatement CALL CASE CHECK CLEAR CLOSE CNT COLLECT COMMIT COMMUNICATION COMPUTE CONCATENATE CONDENSE CONSTANTS CONTINUE CONTROLS CONVERT CREATE CURRENCY
+syn keyword abapStatement DATA DEFINE DELETE DESCRIBE DETAIL DIVIDE DIVIDE-CORRESPONDING DO
+syn keyword abapStatement EDITOR-CALL ELSE ELSEIF END-OF-DEFINITION END-OF-PAGE END-OF-SELECTION ENDAT ENDCASE ENDDO ENDEXEC ENDFORM ENDFUNCTION ENDIF ENDIFEND ENDLOOP ENDMODULE ENDON ENDPROVIDE ENDSELECT ENDWHILE EXEC EXPORT EXPORTING EXTRACT
+syn keyword abapStatement FETCH FIELD-GROUPS FIELD-SYMBOLS FIELDS FORM FORMAT FREE FUNCTION FUNCTION-POOL
+syn keyword abapStatement GENERATE GET
+syn keyword abapStatement HIDE
+syn keyword abapStatement IF IMPORT IMPORTING INDEX INFOTYPES INITIALIZATION INPUT INSERT
+syn keyword abapStatement LEAVE LIKE LOAD LOCAL LOOP
+syn keyword abapStatement MESSAGE MODIFY MODULE MOVE MOVE-CORRESPONDING MULTIPLY MULTIPLY-CORRESPONDING
+syn keyword abapStatement NEW-LINE NEW-PAGE NEW-SECTION
+syn keyword abapStatement ON OVERLAY
+syn keyword abapStatement PACK PARAMETERS PERFORM POSITION PRINT-CONTROL PROGRAM PROVIDE PUT
+syn keyword abapStatement RAISE RANGES READ RECEIVE REFRESH REJECT REPLACE REPORT RESERVE RESTORE ROLLBACK
+syn keyword abapStatement SCAN SCROLL SEARCH SELECT SELECT-OPTIONS SELECTION-SCREEN SET SHIFT SKIP SORT SPLIT START-OF-SELECTION STATICS STOP SUBMIT SUBTRACT SUBTRACT-CORRESPONDING SUM SUMMARY SUPPRESS SYNTAX-CHECK SYNTAX-TRACE
+syn keyword abapStatement TABLES TOP-OF-PAGE TRANSFER TRANSLATE TYPE TYPE-POOL TYPE-POOLS TYPES
+syn keyword abapStatement UNPACK UPDATE
+syn keyword abapStatement WHEN WHILE WINDOW WRITE
+
+" More statemets
+syn keyword abapStatement OCCURS STRUCTURE OBJECT PROPERTY
+syn keyword abapStatement CASTING APPEND RAISING VALUE COLOR
+syn keyword abapStatement LINE-SIZE LINE-COUNT MESSAGE-ID
+syn keyword abapStatement CHANGING EXCEPTIONS DEFAULT CHECKBOX COMMENT
+syn keyword abapStatement ID NUMBER FOR DISPLAY-MODE TITLE OUTPUT
+
+" More multi-word statements
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)\(WITH\W\+\(HEADER\W\+LINE\|FRAME\|KEY\)\|WITH\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)NO\W\+STANDARD\W\+PAGE\W\+HEADING\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)\(EXIT\W\+FROM\W\+STEP\W\+LOOP\|EXIT\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)\(BEGIN\W\+OF\W\+\(BLOCK\|LINE\)\|BEGIN\W\+OF\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)\(END\W\+OF\W\+\(BLOCK\|LINE\)\|END\W\+OF\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)IS\W\+INITIAL\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)NO\W\+INTERVALS\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)SEPARATED\W\+BY\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)\(USING\W\+\(EDIT\W\+MASK\)\|USING\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)\(WHERE\W\+\(LINE\)\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)RADIOBUTTON\W\+GROUP\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapStatement "\(\W\|^\)REF\W\+TO\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+
+" Special ABAP specific tables:
+syn match   abapSpecial       "\(\W\|^\)\(sy\|\(p\|pa\)\d\d\d\d\|t\d\d\d.\|innnn\)\(\W\|$\)"ms=s+1,me=e-1
+syn match   abapSpecialTables "\(sy\|\(p\|pa\)\d\d\d\d\|t\d\d\d.\|innnn\)-"me=e-1 contained
+syn match   abapSpecial       "\(\W\|^\)\w\+-\w\+"ms=s+1 contains=abapSpecialTables
+
+" Pointer
+syn match   abapSpecial  "<\w\+>"
+
+" Abap constants:
+syn keyword abapSpecial  TRUE FALSE NULL SPACE
+
+" Includes
+syn region abapInclude   start="include" end="." contains=abapComment
+
+" Types
+syn keyword abapTypes    c n i p f d t x
+
+" Atritmitic operators
+syn keyword abapOperator abs sign ceil floor trunc frac acos asin atan cos sin tan
+syn keyword abapOperator cosh sinh tanh exp log log10 sqrt
+
+" String operators
+syn keyword abapOperator strlen xstrlen charlen numofchar dbmaxlen
+
+" Table operators
+syn keyword abapOperator lines
+
+" Table operators (SELECT operators)
+syn keyword abapOperator INTO FROM WHERE GROUP BY HAVING ORDER BY SINGLE
+syn keyword abapOperator APPENDING CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE
+syn keyword abapOperator LEFT RIGHT OUTER INNER JOIN AS CLIENT SPECIFIED BYPASSING BUFFER UP TO ROWS CONNECTING
+syn keyword abapOperator EQ NE LT LE GT GE NOT AND OR XOR IN LIKE BETWEEN
+
+" An error? Not strictly... but cannot think of reason this is intended.
+syn match   abapError    "\.\."
+
+" Comments
+syn region  abapComment  start="^\*" end="$" contains=abapTodo
+syn match   abapComment  "\".*" contains=abapTodo
+syn keyword abapTodo     contained	TODO NOTE
+
+" 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_abap_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_abap_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink abapError          Error
+  HiLink abapComment	      Comment
+  HiLink abapInclude	      Include
+  HiLink abapSpecial        Special
+  HiLink abapSpecialTables  PreProc
+  HiLink abapSymbolOperator	abapOperator
+  HiLink abapOperator	      Operator
+  HiLink abapStatement	    Statement
+  HiLink abapString	        String
+  HiLink abapFloat	        Float
+  HiLink abapNumber	        Number
+  HiLink abapHex	          Number
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "abap"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2