runtime/syntax/registry.vim

" Vim syntax file
" Language:	Windows Registry export with regedit (*.reg)
" Maintainer:	Dominique Stéphan (dominique@mggen.com)
" URL: 		http://www.mggen.com/vim/syntax/registry.zip (doesn't work)
" Last change:	2014 Oct 31
"		Included patch from Alexander A. Ulitin

" clear any unwanted syntax defs
" 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

" shut case off
syn case ignore

" Head of regedit .reg files, it's REGEDIT4 on Win9#/NT
syn match registryHead		"^REGEDIT[0-9]*\s*$\|^Windows Registry Editor Version \d*\.\d*\s*$"

" Comment
syn match  registryComment	"^;.*$"

" Registry Key constant
syn keyword registryHKEY	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKEY_CURRENT_USER
syn keyword registryHKEY	HKEY_USERS HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG HKEY_DYN_DATA
" Registry Key shortcuts
syn keyword registryHKEY	HKLM HKCR HKCU HKU HKCC HKDD

" Some values often found in the registry
" GUID (Global Unique IDentifier)
syn match   registryGUID	"{[0-9A-Fa-f]\{8}\-[0-9A-Fa-f]\{4}\-[0-9A-Fa-f]\{4}\-[0-9A-Fa-f]\{4}\-[0-9A-Fa-f]\{12}}" contains=registrySpecial

" Disk
" syn match   registryDisk	"[a-zA-Z]:\\\\"

" Special and Separator characters
syn match   registrySpecial	"\\"
syn match   registrySpecial	"\\\\"
syn match   registrySpecial	"\\\""
syn match   registrySpecial	"\."
syn match   registrySpecial	","
syn match   registrySpecial	"\/"
syn match   registrySpecial	":"
syn match   registrySpecial	"-"

" String
syn match   registryString	"\".*\"" contains=registryGUID,registrySpecial

" Path
syn region  registryPath		start="\[" end="\]" contains=registryHKEY,registryGUID,registrySpecial

" Path to remove
" like preceding path but with a "-" at begin
syn region registryRemove	start="\[\-" end="\]" contains=registryHKEY,registryGUID,registrySpecial

" Subkey
syn match  registrySubKey		"^\".*\"="
" Default value
syn match  registrySubKey		"^@="

" Numbers

" Hex or Binary
" The format can be precised between () :
" 0    REG_NONE
" 1    REG_SZ
" 2    REG_EXPAND_SZ
" 3    REG_BINARY
" 4    REG_DWORD, REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN
" 5    REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN
" 6    REG_LINK
" 7    REG_MULTI_SZ
" 8    REG_RESOURCE_LIST
" 9    REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR
" 10   REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST
" The value can take several lines, if \ ends the line
" The limit to 999 matches is arbitrary, it avoids Vim crashing on a very long
" line of hex values that ends in a comma.
"syn match registryHex		"hex\(([0-9]\{0,2})\)\=:\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2},\)\{0,999}\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2}\|\\\)$" contains=registrySpecial
syn match registryHex		"hex\(([0-9]\{0,2})\)\=:\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2},\)*\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2}\|\\\)$" contains=registrySpecial
syn match registryHex		"^\s*\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2},\)\{0,999}\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2}\|\\\)$" contains=registrySpecial
" Dword (32 bits)
syn match registryDword		"dword:[0-9a-fA-F]\{8}$" contains=registrySpecial

if version >= 508 || !exists("did_registry_syntax_inits")
  if version < 508
    let did_registry_syntax_inits = 1
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
  else
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
  endif

" The default methods for highlighting.  Can be overridden later
   HiLink registryComment	Comment
   HiLink registryHead		Constant
   HiLink registryHKEY		Constant
   HiLink registryPath		Special
   HiLink registryRemove	PreProc
   HiLink registryGUID		Identifier
   HiLink registrySpecial	Special
   HiLink registrySubKey	Type
   HiLink registryString	String
   HiLink registryHex		Number
   HiLink registryDword		Number

   delcommand HiLink
endif


let b:current_syntax = "registry"

" vim:ts=8