runtime/syntax/man.vim

" Vim syntax file
" Language:	Man page
" Maintainer:	SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com>
" Previous Maintainer:	Gautam H. Mudunuri <gmudunur@informatica.com>
" Version Info:
" Last Change:	2015 Nov 24

" Additional highlighting by Johannes Tanzler <johannes.tanzler@aon.at>:
"	* manSubHeading
"	* manSynopsis (only for sections 2 and 3)

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

" Get the CTRL-H syntax to handle backspaced text
runtime! syntax/ctrlh.vim

syn case ignore
syn match  manReference       "\f\+([1-9][a-z]\=)"
syn match  manTitle	      "^\f\+([0-9]\+[a-z]\=).*"
syn match  manSectionHeading  "^[a-z][a-z -]*[a-z]$"
syn match  manSubHeading      "^\s\{3\}[a-z][a-z -]*[a-z]$"
syn match  manOptionDesc      "^\s*[+-][a-z0-9]\S*"
syn match  manLongOptionDesc  "^\s*--[a-z0-9-]\S*"
" syn match  manHistory		"^[a-z].*last change.*$"

if getline(1) =~ '^[a-zA-Z_]\+([23])'
  syntax include @cCode <sfile>:p:h/c.vim
  syn match manCFuncDefinition  display "\<\h\w*\>\s*("me=e-1 contained
  syn region manSynopsis start="^SYNOPSIS"hs=s+8 end="^\u\+\s*$"me=e-12 keepend contains=manSectionHeading,@cCode,manCFuncDefinition
endif


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

HiLink manTitle	    Title
HiLink manSectionHeading  Statement
HiLink manOptionDesc	    Constant
HiLink manLongOptionDesc  Constant
HiLink manReference	    PreProc
HiLink manSubHeading      Function
HiLink manCFuncDefinition Function

delcommand HiLink

let b:current_syntax = "man"

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