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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	TADS
+" Maintainer:	Amir Karger <karger@post.harvard.edu>
+" $Date$
+" $Revision$
+" Stolen from: Bram Moolenaar's C language file
+" Newest version at: http://www.hec.utah.edu/~karger/vim/syntax/tads.vim
+" History info at the bottom of the file
+
+" TODO lots more keywords
+" global, self, etc. are special *objects*, not functions. They should
+" probably be a different color than the special functions
+" Actually, should cvtstr etc. be functions?! (change tadsFunction)
+" Make global etc. into Identifiers, since we don't have regular variables?
+
+" 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 tadsStatement	goto break return continue pass
+syn keyword tadsLabel		case default
+syn keyword tadsConditional	if else switch
+syn keyword tadsRepeat		while for do
+syn keyword tadsStorageClass	local compoundWord formatstring specialWords
+syn keyword tadsBoolean		nil true
+
+" TADS keywords
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		replace modify
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		global self inherited
+" builtin functions
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		cvtstr cvtnum caps lower upper substr
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		say length
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		setit setscore
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		datatype proptype
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		car cdr
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		defined isclass
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		find firstobj nextobj
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		getarg argcount
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		input yorn askfile
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		rand randomize
+syn keyword tadsKeyword		restart restore quit save undo
+syn keyword tadsException	abort exit exitobj
+
+syn keyword tadsTodo contained	TODO FIXME XXX
+
+" String and Character constants
+" Highlight special characters (those which have a backslash) differently
+syn match tadsSpecial contained	"\\."
+syn region tadsDoubleString		start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=tadsSpecial,tadsEmbedded
+syn region tadsSingleString		start=+'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'+ end=+'+ contains=tadsSpecial
+" Embedded expressions in strings
+syn region tadsEmbedded contained       start="<<" end=">>" contains=tadsKeyword
+
+" TADS doesn't have \xxx, right?
+"syn match cSpecial contained	"\\[0-7][0-7][0-7]\=\|\\."
+"syn match cSpecialCharacter	"'\\[0-7][0-7]'"
+"syn match cSpecialCharacter	"'\\[0-7][0-7][0-7]'"
+
+"catch errors caused by wrong parenthesis
+"syn region cParen		transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,cParenError,cIncluded,cSpecial,cTodo,cUserCont,cUserLabel
+"syn match cParenError		")"
+"syn match cInParen contained	"[{}]"
+syn region tadsBrace		transparent start='{' end='}' contains=ALLBUT,tadsBraceError,tadsIncluded,tadsSpecial,tadsTodo
+syn match tadsBraceError		"}"
+
+"integer number (TADS has no floating point numbers)
+syn case ignore
+syn match tadsNumber		"\<[0-9]\+\>"
+"hex number
+syn match tadsNumber		"\<0x[0-9a-f]\+\>"
+syn match tadsIdentifier	"\<[a-z][a-z0-9_$]*\>"
+syn case match
+" flag an octal number with wrong digits
+syn match tadsOctalError		"\<0[0-7]*[89]"
+
+" Removed complicated c_comment_strings
+syn region tadsComment		start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=tadsTodo
+syn match tadsComment		"//.*" contains=tadsTodo
+syntax match tadsCommentError	"\*/"
+
+syn region tadsPreCondit	start="^\s*#\s*\(if\>\|ifdef\>\|ifndef\>\|elif\>\|else\>\|endif\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=tadsComment,tadsString,tadsNumber,tadsCommentError
+syn region tadsIncluded contained start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+syn match tadsIncluded contained "<[^>]*>"
+syn match tadsInclude		"^\s*#\s*include\>\s*["<]" contains=tadsIncluded
+syn region tadsDefine		start="^\s*#\s*\(define\>\|undef\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=ALLBUT,tadsPreCondit,tadsIncluded,tadsInclude,tadsDefine,tadsInBrace,tadsIdentifier
+
+syn region tadsPreProc start="^\s*#\s*\(pragma\>\|line\>\|warning\>\|warn\>\|error\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=ALLBUT,tadsPreCondit,tadsIncluded,tadsInclude,tadsDefine,tadsInParen,tadsIdentifier
+
+" Highlight User Labels
+" TODO labels for gotos?
+"syn region	cMulti		transparent start='?' end=':' contains=ALLBUT,cIncluded,cSpecial,cTodo,cUserCont,cUserLabel,cBitField
+" Avoid matching foo::bar() in C++ by requiring that the next char is not ':'
+"syn match	cUserCont	"^\s*\I\i*\s*:$" contains=cUserLabel
+"syn match	cUserCont	";\s*\I\i*\s*:$" contains=cUserLabel
+"syn match	cUserCont	"^\s*\I\i*\s*:[^:]" contains=cUserLabel
+"syn match	cUserCont	";\s*\I\i*\s*:[^:]" contains=cUserLabel
+
+"syn match	cUserLabel	"\I\i*" contained
+
+" identifier: class-name [, class-name [...]] [property-list] ;
+" Don't highlight comment in class def
+syn match tadsClassDef		"\<class\>[^/]*" contains=tadsObjectDef,tadsClass
+syn match tadsClass contained   "\<class\>"
+syn match tadsObjectDef "\<[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\s*:\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_$]\+\(\s*,\s*[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\)*\(\s*;\)\="
+syn keyword tadsFunction contained function
+syn match tadsFunctionDef	 "\<[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\s*:\s*function[^{]*" contains=tadsFunction
+"syn region tadsObject		  transparent start = '[a-zA-Z][\i$]\s*:\s*' end=";" contains=tadsBrace,tadsObjectDef
+
+" How far back do we go to find matching groups
+if !exists("tads_minlines")
+  let tads_minlines = 15
+endif
+exec "syn sync ccomment tadsComment minlines=" . tads_minlines
+if !exists("tads_sync_dist")
+  let tads_sync_dist = 100
+endif
+execute "syn sync maxlines=" . tads_sync_dist
+
+" 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_tads_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_tads_syn_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 tadsFunctionDef Function
+  HiLink tadsFunction  Structure
+  HiLink tadsClass     Structure
+  HiLink tadsClassDef  Identifier
+  HiLink tadsObjectDef Identifier
+" no highlight for tadsEmbedded, so it prints as normal text w/in the string
+
+  HiLink tadsOperator	Operator
+  HiLink tadsStructure	Structure
+  HiLink tadsTodo	Todo
+  HiLink tadsLabel	Label
+  HiLink tadsConditional	Conditional
+  HiLink tadsRepeat	Repeat
+  HiLink tadsException	Exception
+  HiLink tadsStatement	Statement
+  HiLink tadsStorageClass	StorageClass
+  HiLink tadsKeyWord   Keyword
+  HiLink tadsSpecial	SpecialChar
+  HiLink tadsNumber	Number
+  HiLink tadsBoolean	Boolean
+  HiLink tadsDoubleString	tadsString
+  HiLink tadsSingleString	tadsString
+
+  HiLink tadsOctalError	tadsError
+  HiLink tadsCommentError	tadsError
+  HiLink tadsBraceError	tadsError
+  HiLink tadsInBrace	tadsError
+  HiLink tadsError	Error
+
+  HiLink tadsInclude	Include
+  HiLink tadsPreProc	PreProc
+  HiLink tadsDefine	Macro
+  HiLink tadsIncluded	tadsString
+  HiLink tadsPreCondit	PreCondit
+
+  HiLink tadsString	String
+  HiLink tadsComment	Comment
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "tads"
+
+" Changes:
+" 11/18/99 Added a bunch of TADS functions, tadsException
+" 10/22/99 Misspelled Moolenaar (sorry!), c_minlines to tads_minlines
+"
+" vim: ts=8