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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL)
+" Maintainer:	Daniel Kho <daniel.kho@logik.haus>
+" Last Changed:	2020 Mar 19 by Daniel Kho
+
+" quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+    finish
+endif
+
+" Read in VHDL syntax files
+runtime! syntax/vhdl.vim
+unlet b:current_syntax
+
+let b:current_syntax = "bsdl"
+
+" vim: ts=8