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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Embryo
+" Maintainer:	Viktor Kojouharov
+" Last Change:	2006 10 06
+
+" 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
+
+" A bunch of useful keywords
+syn keyword embryoConditional	if else switch
+syn keyword embryoRepeat	while for do in
+syn keyword embryoBranch	break continue
+syn keyword embryoOperator	new
+syn keyword embryoType		Float State_Param Msg_Type enum
+syn keyword embryoStatement	return with native stock forward
+syn keyword embryoLabel		case default
+syn keyword embryoReserved	public
+syn keyword embryoEdjeKey	PART PROGRAM
+
+syn keyword	embryoTodo		contained TODO FIXME XXX
+
+" embryoCommentGroup allows adding matches for special things in comments
+syn cluster	embryoCommentGroup	contains=embryoTodo
+
+" String and Character constants
+" Highlight special characters (those which have a backslash) differently
+syn match	embryoSpecial	display contained "\\\(x\x\+\|\o\{1,3}\|.\|$\)"
+syn region	embryoString	start=+L\="+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=embryoSpecial
+syn match	embryoFormat	display "%\(\d\+\$\)\=[-+' #0*]*\(\d*\|\*\|\*\d\+\$\)\(\.\(\d*\|\*\|\*\d\+\$\)\)\=\([hlL]\|ll\)\=\([diuoxXfeEgGcCsSpn]\|\[\^\=.[^]]*\]\)" contained
+syn match	embryoFormat	display "%%" contained
+syn region	embryoString	start=+L\="+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=cSpecial,cFormat
+
+syn match	embryoCharacter	"L\='[^\\]'"
+syn match	embryoCharacter	"L'[^']*'" contains=embryoSpecial
+syn match	embryoSpecialError	"L\='\\[^'\"?\\abfnrtv]'"
+syn match	embryoSpecialCharacter "L\='\\['\"?\\abfnrtv]'"
+syn match	embryoSpecialCharacter display "L\='\\\o\{1,3}'"
+syn match	embryoSpecialCharacter display "'\\x\x\{1,2}'"
+syn match	embryoSpecialCharacter display "L'\\x\x\+'"
+
+"when wanted, highlight trailing white space
+if exists("embryo_space_errors")
+  if !exists("embryo_no_trail_space_error")
+    syn match	embryoSpaceError	display excludenl "\s\+$"
+  endif
+  if !exists("embryo_no_tab_space_error")
+    syn match	embryoSpaceError	display " \+\t"me=e-1
+  endif
+endif
+
+"catch errors caused by wrong parenthesis and brackets
+syn cluster	embryoParenGroup	contains=embryoParenError,embryoIncluded,embryoSpecial,embryoCommentSkip,embryoCommentString,embryoComment2String,@embryoCommentGroup,embryoCommentStartErr,embryoUserCont,embryoUserLabel,embryoBitField,embryoCommentSkip,embryoOctalZero,embryoFormat,embryoNumber,embryoFloat,embryoOctal,embryoOctalError,embryoNumbersCom
+if exists("embryo_no_bracket_error")
+  syn region	embryoParen	transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,@embryoParenGroup
+  syn match	embryoParenError	display ")"
+  syn match	embryoErrInParen	display contained "[{}]"
+else
+  syn region	embryoParen	transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,@embryoParenGroup,embryoErrInBracket
+  syn match	embryoParenError	display "[\])]"
+  syn match	embryoErrInParen	display contained "[\]{}]"
+  syn region	embryoBracket	transparent start='\[' end=']' contains=ALLBUT,@embryoParenGroup,embryoErrInParen
+  syn match	embryoErrInBracket	display contained "[);{}]"
+endif
+
+syn region embryoBrace start='{' end='}' transparent keepend
+"integer number, or floating point number without a dot and with "f".
+syn case ignore
+syn match	embryoNumbers	display transparent "\<\d\|\.\d" contains=embryoNumber,embryoFloat,embryoOctalError,embryoOctal
+" Same, but without octal error (for comments)
+syn match	embryoNumbersCom	display contained transparent "\<\d\|\.\d" contains=embryoNumber,embryoFloat,embryoOctal
+syn match	embryoNumber	display contained "\d\+\(u\=l\{0,2}\|ll\=u\)\>"
+"hex number
+syn match	embryoNumber	display contained "0x\x\+\(u\=l\{0,2}\|ll\=u\)\>"
+" Flag the first zero of an octal number as something special
+syn match	embryoOctal	display contained "0\o\+\(u\=l\{0,2}\|ll\=u\)\>" contains=embryoOctalZero
+syn match	embryoOctalZero	display contained "\<0"
+syn match	embryoFloat	display contained "\d\+f"
+"floating point number, with dot, optional exponent
+syn match	embryoFloat	display contained "\d\+\.\d*\(e[-+]\=\d\+\)\=[fl]\="
+"floating point number, starting with a dot, optional exponent
+syn match	embryoFloat	display contained "\.\d\+\(e[-+]\=\d\+\)\=[fl]\=\>"
+"floating point number, without dot, with exponent
+syn match	embryoFloat	display contained "\d\+e[-+]\=\d\+[fl]\=\>"
+" flag an octal number with wrong digits
+syn match	embryoOctalError	display contained "0\o*[89]\d*"
+syn case match
+
+if exists("embryo_comment_strings")
+  " A comment can contain embryoString, embryoCharacter and embryoNumber.
+  " But a "*/" inside a embryoString in a embryoComment DOES end the comment!  So we
+  " need to use a special type of embryoString: embryoCommentString, which also ends
+  " on "*/", and sees a "*" at the start of the line as comment again.
+  " Unfortunately this doesn't very well work for // type of comments :-(
+  syntax match	embryoCommentSkip		contained "^\s*\*\($\|\s\+\)"
+  syntax region embryoCommentString	contained start=+L\=\\\@<!"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ end=+\*/+me=s-1 contains=embryoSpecial,embryoCommentSkip
+  syntax region embryoComment2String	contained start=+L\=\\\@<!"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ end="$" contains=embryoSpecial
+  syntax region embryoCommentL		start="//" skip="\\$" end="$" keepend contains=@embryoCommentGroup,embryoComment2String,embryoCharacter,embryoNumbersCom,embryoSpaceError
+  syntax region embryoComment		matchgroup=embryoCommentStart start="/\*" matchgroup=NONE end="\*/" contains=@embryoCommentGroup,embryoCommentStartErr,embryoCommentString,embryoCharacter,embryoNumbersCom,embryoSpaceError
+else
+  syn region	embryoCommentL		start="//" skip="\\$" end="$" keepend contains=@embryoCommentGroup,embryoSpaceError
+  syn region	embryoComment		matchgroup=embryoCommentStart start="/\*" matchgroup=NONE end="\*/" contains=@embryoCommentGroup,embryoCommentStartErr,embryoSpaceError
+endif
+" keep a // comment separately, it terminates a preproc. conditional
+syntax match	embryoCommentError		display "\*/"
+syntax match	embryoCommentStartErr 	display "/\*"me=e-1 contained
+
+syn region	embryoPreCondit	start="^\s*#\s*\(if\|ifdef\|ifndef\|elif\)\>" skip="\\$" end="$" end="//"me=s-1 contains=embryoComment,embryoCharacter,embryoParenError,embryoNumbers,embryoCommentError,embryoSpaceError
+syn match	embryoPreCondit	display "^\s*#\s*\(else\|endif\)\>"
+syn region	embryoIncluded	display contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+syn match	embryoIncluded	display contained "<[^>]*>"
+syn match	embryoInclude	display "^\s*#\s*include\>\s*["<]" contains=embryoIncluded
+syn cluster	embryoPreProcGroup	contains=embryoPreCondit,embryoIncluded,embryoInclude,embryoDefine,embryoErrInParen,embryoErrInBracket,embryoCommentSkip,embryoCommentString,embryoComment2String,@embryoCommentGroup,embryoCommentStartErr,embryoParen,embryoBracket,embryoMulti,embryoUserLabel
+syn cluster 	embryoAlphaNum 	contains=embryoSpecial,embryoOctalZero,embryoFormat,embryoNumber,embryoFloat,embryoOctal,embryoOctalError,embryoNumbersCom,embryoString
+syn region	embryoDefine	start="^\s*#\s*\(define\|undef\)\>" skip="\\$" end="$" end="//"me=s-1 contains=ALLBUT,@embryoPreProcGroup
+syn region	embryoPreProc	start="^\s*#\s*\(pragma\>\|line\>\|warning\>\|warn\>\|error\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" keepend contains=ALLBUT,@embryoPreProcGroup
+
+syn match	embryoUserLabel	display "\I\i*" contained
+
+syn match 	embryoFunctionName	"\h\w*\s*\%((\@=\)"
+
+if exists("embryo_minlines")
+  let b:embryo_minlines = embryo_minlines
+else
+  let b:embryo_minlines = 50	" #if 0 constructs can be long
+endif
+exec "syn sync ccomment embryoComment minlines=" . b:embryo_minlines
+"syn sync fromstart
+
+" 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_embryo_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_embryo_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink embryoFormat		embryoSpecial
+  HiLink embryoCommentL		embryoComment
+  HiLink embryoCommentStart	embryoComment
+  HiLink embryoLabel		Label
+  HiLink embryoUserLabel	Label
+  HiLink embryoConditional	Conditional
+  HiLink embryoRepeat		Repeat
+  HiLink embryoBranch		Conditional
+  HiLink embryoReserved		Keyword
+  HiLink embryoCharacter	Character
+  HiLink embryoSpecialCharacter	cSpecial
+  HiLink embryoNumber		Number
+  HiLink embryoOctal		Number
+  HiLink embryoOctalZero	PreProc	 " link this to Error if you want
+  HiLink embryoFloat		Float
+  HiLink embryoOctalError	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoParenError	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoErrInParen	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoErrInBracket	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoCommentError	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoCommentStartErr	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoSpaceError	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoSpecialError	embryoError
+  HiLink embryoOperator		Operator
+  HiLink embryoStructure	Structure
+  HiLink embryoEdjeKey		Structure
+  HiLink embryoStorageClass	StorageClass
+  HiLink embryoInclude		Include
+  HiLink embryoPreProc		PreProc
+  HiLink embryoDefine		Macro
+  HiLink embryoIncluded		embryoString
+  HiLink embryoError		Error
+  HiLink embryoStatement	Statement
+  HiLink embryoPreCondit	PreCondit
+  HiLink embryoType		Type
+  HiLink embryoConstant		Constant
+  HiLink embryoCommentString	embryoString
+  HiLink embryoComment2String	embryoString
+  HiLink embryoCommentSkip	embryoComment
+  HiLink embryoString		String
+  HiLink embryoComment		Comment
+  HiLink embryoSpecial		SpecialChar
+  HiLink embryoTodo		Todo
+  HiLink embryoFunctionName	Function
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "embryo"
+
+" vim: ts=8