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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Asterisk voicemail config file
+" Maintainer: Tilghman Lesher (Corydon76)
+" Last Change:	2006 Mar 21
+" version 0.2
+"
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+syn sync clear
+syn sync fromstart
+
+
+syn keyword     asteriskvmTodo    TODO contained
+syn match       asteriskvmComment         ";.*" contains=asteriskvmTodo
+syn match       asteriskvmContext         "\[.\{-}\]"
+
+" ZoneMessages
+syn match       asteriskvmZone            "^[[:alnum:]]\+\s*=>\?\s*[[:alnum:]/_]\+|.*$" contains=zoneName,zoneDef
+syn match       zoneName                "=\zs[[:alnum:]/_]\+\ze" contained
+syn match       zoneDef                 "|\zs.*\ze$" contained
+
+syn match       asteriskvmSetting         "\<\(format\|serveremail\|minmessage\|maxmessage\|maxgreet\|skipms\|maxsilence\|silencethreshold\|maxlogins\)="
+syn match       asteriskvmSetting         "\<\(externnotify\|externpass\|directoryintro\|charset\|adsi\(fdn\|sec\|ver\)\|\(pager\)\?fromstring\|email\(subject\|body\|cmd\)\|tz\|cidinternalcontexts\|saydurationm\|dialout\|callback\)="
+syn match       asteriskvmSettingBool     "\<\(attach\|pbxskip\|usedirectory\|saycid\|sayduration\|sendvoicemail\|review\|operator\|envelope\|delete\|nextaftercmd\|forcename\|forcegreeting\)=\(yes\|no\|1\|0\|true\|false\|t\|f\)"
+
+" Individual mailbox definitions
+syn match       asteriskvmMailbox         "^[[:digit:]]\+\s*=>\?\s*[[:digit:]]\+\(,[^,]*\(,[^,]*\(,[^,]*\(,[^,]*\)\?\)\?\)\?\)\?" contains=mailboxEmail,asteriskvmSetting,asteriskvmSettingBool,comma
+syn match       mailboxEmail            ",\zs[^@=,]*@[[:alnum:]\-\.]\+\.[[:alpha:]]\{2,10}\ze" contains=comma
+syn match       comma                   "[,|]" contained
+
+" 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        asteriskvmComment Comment
+  HiLink        asteriskvmContext         Identifier
+  HiLink        asteriskvmZone            Type
+  HiLink        zoneName                String
+  HiLink        zoneDef                 String
+  HiLink        asteriskvmSetting         Type
+  HiLink        asteriskvmSettingBool     Type
+
+  HiLink        asteriskvmMailbox         Statement
+  HiLink        mailboxEmail            String
+ delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "asteriskvm"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2
+