runtime/syntax/abc.vim

" Vim syntax file
" Language:	abc music notation language
" Maintainer:	James Allwright <J.R.Allwright@westminster.ac.uk>
" URL:		http://perun.hscs.wmin.ac.uk/~jra/vim/syntax/abc.vim
" Last Change:	27th April 2001

" quit when a syntax file was already loaded
if exists("b:current_syntax")
  finish
endif

" tags
syn region abcGuitarChord start=+"[A-G]+ end=+"+ contained
syn match abcNote "z[1-9]*[0-9]*" contained
syn match abcNote "z[1-9]*[0-9]*/[248]\=" contained
syn match abcNote "[=_\^]\{,2}[A-G],*[1-9]*[0-9]*" contained
syn match abcNote "[=_\^]\{,2}[A-G],*[1-9]*[0-9]*/[248]\=" contained
syn match abcNote "[=_\^]\{,2}[a-g]'*[1-9]*[0-9]*"  contained
syn match abcNote "[=_\^]\{,2}[a-g]'*[1-9]*[0-9]*/[248]\="  contained
syn match abcBar "|"  contained
syn match abcBar "[:|][:|]"  contained
syn match abcBar ":|2"  contained
syn match abcBar "|1"  contained
syn match abcBar "\[[12]"  contained
syn match abcTuple "([1-9]\+:\=[0-9]*:\=[0-9]*" contained
syn match abcBroken "<\|<<\|<<<\|>\|>>\|>>>" contained
syn match abcTie    "-"
syn match abcHeadField "^[A-EGHIK-TVWXZ]:.*$" contained
syn match abcBodyField "^[KLMPQWVw]:.*$" contained
syn region abcHeader start="^X:" end="^K:.*$" contained contains=abcHeadField,abcComment keepend
syn region abcTune start="^X:" end="^ *$" contains=abcHeader,abcComment,abcBar,abcNote,abcBodyField,abcGuitarChord,abcTuple,abcBroken,abcTie
syn match abcComment "%.*$"


" Define the default highlighting.
" Only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>

HiLink abcComment		Comment
HiLink abcHeadField		Type
HiLink abcBodyField		Special
HiLink abcBar			Statement
HiLink abcTuple			Statement
HiLink abcBroken			Statement
HiLink abcTie			Statement
HiLink abcGuitarChord	Identifier
HiLink abcNote			Constant

delcommand HiLink

let b:current_syntax = "abc"

" vim: ts=4