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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     sinda85, sinda/fluint compare file
+" Maintainer:   Adrian Nagle, anagle@ball.com
+" Last Change:  2003 May 11
+" Filenames:    *.cmp
+" URL:		http://www.naglenet.org/vim/syntax/sindacmp.vim
+" MAIN URL:     http://www.naglenet.org/vim/
+
+
+
+" 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
+
+
+
+" Ignore case
+syn case ignore
+
+
+
+"
+" Begin syntax definitions for compare files.
+"
+
+" Define keywords for sinda compare (sincomp)
+syn keyword sindacmpUnit     celsius fahrenheit
+
+
+
+" Define matches for sinda compare (sincomp)
+syn match  sindacmpTitle       "Steady State Temperature Comparison"
+
+syn match  sindacmpLabel       "File  [1-6] is"
+
+syn match  sindacmpHeader      "^ *Node\( *File  \d\)* *Node Description"
+
+syn match  sindacmpInteger     "^ *-\=\<[0-9]*\>"
+syn match  sindacmpFloat       "-\=\<[0-9]*\.[0-9]*"
+
+
+
+" 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_sindacmp_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_sindacmp_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink sindacmpTitle		     Type
+  HiLink sindacmpUnit		     PreProc
+
+  HiLink sindacmpLabel		     Statement
+
+  HiLink sindacmpHeader		     sindaHeader
+
+  HiLink sindacmpInteger	     Number
+  HiLink sindacmpFloat		     Special
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "sindacmp"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2