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+" reStructured Text with R statements
+" Language: reST with R code chunks
+" Maintainer: Alex Zvoleff, azvoleff@mail.sdsu.edu
+" Last Change: Wed Jul 09, 2014  10:29PM
+"
+" CONFIGURATION:
+"   To highlight chunk headers as R code, put in your vimrc:
+"   let rrst_syn_hl_chunk = 1
+
+" for portability
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" load all of the rst info
+runtime syntax/rst.vim
+unlet b:current_syntax
+
+" load all of the r syntax highlighting rules into @R
+syntax include @R syntax/r.vim
+
+setlocal iskeyword=@,48-57,_,.
+
+" highlight R chunks
+if exists("g:rrst_syn_hl_chunk")
+  " highlight R code inside chunk header
+  syntax match rrstChunkDelim "^\.\. {r" contained
+  syntax match rrstChunkDelim "}$" contained
+else
+  syntax match rrstChunkDelim "^\.\. {r .*}$" contained
+endif
+syntax match rrstChunkDelim "^\.\. \.\.$" contained
+syntax region rrstChunk start="^\.\. {r.*}$" end="^\.\. \.\.$" contains=@R,rrstChunkDelim keepend transparent fold
+
+" also highlight in-line R code
+syntax match rrstInlineDelim "`" contained
+syntax match rrstInlineDelim ":r:" contained
+syntax region rrstInline start=":r: *`" skip=/\\\\\|\\`/ end="`" contains=@R,rrstInlineDelim keepend
+
+hi def link rrstChunkDelim Special
+hi def link rrstInlineDelim Special
+
+let b:current_syntax = "rrst"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2