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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	Motorola S-Record
+" Maintainer:	Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
+" Last Change:	2015 Feb 24
+
+" Each record (line) is built as follows:
+"
+"    field       digits          states
+"
+"  +----------+
+"  | start    |  1 ('S')         srecRecStart
+"  +----------+
+"  | type     |  1               srecRecType, (srecRecTypeUnknown)
+"  +----------+
+"  | count    |  2               srecByteCount
+"  +----------+
+"  | address  |  4/6/8           srecNoAddress, srecDataAddress, srecRecCount, srecStartAddress, (srecAddressFieldUnknown)
+"  +----------+
+"  | data     |  0..504/502/500  srecDataOdd, srecDataEven, (srecDataUnexpected)
+"  +----------+
+"  | checksum |  2               srecChecksum
+"  +----------+
+"
+" States in parentheses in the upper format description indicate that they
+" should not appear in a valid file.
+
+" 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
+
+syn match srecRecStart "^S"
+
+syn match srecRecTypeUnknown "^S."        contains=srecRecStart
+syn match srecRecType        "^S[0-35-9]" contains=srecRecStart
+
+syn match srecByteCount "^S.[0-9a-fA-F]\{2}"        contains=srecRecTypeUnknown nextgroup=srecAddressFieldUnknown,srecChecksum
+syn match srecByteCount "^S[0-35-9][0-9a-fA-F]\{2}" contains=srecRecType
+
+syn match srecAddressFieldUnknown "[0-9a-fA-F]\{2}" contained nextgroup=srecAddressFieldUnknown,srecChecksum
+
+syn match srecNoAddress    "^S0[0-9a-fA-F]\{6}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataOdd,srecChecksum
+syn match srecDataAddress  "^S1[0-9a-fA-F]\{6}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataOdd,srecChecksum
+syn match srecDataAddress  "^S2[0-9a-fA-F]\{8}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataOdd,srecChecksum
+syn match srecDataAddress  "^S3[0-9a-fA-F]\{10}" contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataOdd,srecChecksum
+syn match srecRecCount     "^S5[0-9a-fA-F]\{6}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataUnexpected,srecChecksum
+syn match srecRecCount     "^S6[0-9a-fA-F]\{8}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataUnexpected,srecChecksum
+syn match srecStartAddress "^S7[0-9a-fA-F]\{10}" contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataUnexpected,srecChecksum
+syn match srecStartAddress "^S8[0-9a-fA-F]\{8}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataUnexpected,srecChecksum
+syn match srecStartAddress "^S9[0-9a-fA-F]\{6}"  contains=srecByteCount nextgroup=srecDataUnexpected,srecChecksum
+
+" alternating highlight per byte for easier reading
+syn match srecDataOdd        "[0-9a-fA-F]\{2}" contained nextgroup=srecDataEven,srecChecksum
+syn match srecDataEven       "[0-9a-fA-F]\{2}" contained nextgroup=srecDataOdd,srecChecksum
+" data bytes which should not exist
+syn match srecDataUnexpected "[0-9a-fA-F]\{2}" contained nextgroup=srecDataUnexpected,srecChecksum
+" Data digit pair regex usage also results in only highlighting the checksum
+" if the number of data characters is even.
+
+syn match srecChecksum "[0-9a-fA-F]\{2}$" contained
+
+" 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_srec_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_srec_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 srecRecStart            srecRecType
+  HiLink srecRecTypeUnknown      srecRecType
+  HiLink srecRecType             WarningMsg
+  HiLink srecByteCount           Constant
+  hi def srecAddressFieldUnknown term=italic cterm=italic gui=italic
+  HiLink srecNoAddress           DiffAdd
+  HiLink srecDataAddress         Comment
+  HiLink srecRecCount            srecNoAddress
+  HiLink srecStartAddress        srecDataAddress
+  hi def srecDataOdd             term=bold cterm=bold gui=bold
+  hi def srecDataEven            term=NONE cterm=NONE gui=NONE
+  HiLink srecDataUnexpected      Error
+  HiLink srecChecksum            DiffChange
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "srec"
+
+" vim: ts=8