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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	VHDL
+" Maintainer:	Czo <Olivier.Sirol@lip6.fr>
+" Credits:	Stephan Hegel <stephan.hegel@snc.siemens.com.cn>
+" $Id$
+
+" VHSIC Hardware Description Language
+" Very High Scale Integrated Circuit
+
+" 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
+
+" This is not VHDL. I use the C-Preprocessor cpp to generate different binaries
+" from one VHDL source file. Unfortunately there is no preprocessor for VHDL
+" available. If you don't like this, please remove the following lines.
+syn match cDefine "^#ifdef[ ]\+[A-Za-z_]\+"
+syn match cDefine "^#endif"
+
+" case is not significant
+syn case ignore
+
+" VHDL keywords
+syn keyword vhdlStatement access after alias all assert
+syn keyword vhdlStatement architecture array attribute
+syn keyword vhdlStatement begin block body buffer bus
+syn keyword vhdlStatement case component configuration constant
+syn keyword vhdlStatement disconnect downto
+syn keyword vhdlStatement elsif end entity exit
+syn keyword vhdlStatement file for function
+syn keyword vhdlStatement generate generic group guarded
+syn keyword vhdlStatement impure in inertial inout is
+syn keyword vhdlStatement label library linkage literal loop
+syn keyword vhdlStatement map
+syn keyword vhdlStatement new next null
+syn keyword vhdlStatement of on open others out
+syn keyword vhdlStatement package port postponed procedure process pure
+syn keyword vhdlStatement range record register reject report return
+syn keyword vhdlStatement select severity signal shared
+syn keyword vhdlStatement subtype
+syn keyword vhdlStatement then to transport type
+syn keyword vhdlStatement unaffected units until use
+syn keyword vhdlStatement variable wait when while with
+syn keyword vhdlStatement note warning error failure
+
+" Special match for "if" and "else" since "else if" shouldn't be highlighted.
+" The right keyword is "elsif"
+syn match   vhdlStatement "\<\(if\|else\)\>"
+syn match   vhdlNone      "\<else\s\+if\>$"
+syn match   vhdlNone      "\<else\s\+if\>\s"
+
+" Predifined VHDL types
+syn keyword vhdlType bit bit_vector
+syn keyword vhdlType character boolean integer real time
+syn keyword vhdlType string severity_level
+" Predifined standard ieee VHDL types
+syn keyword vhdlType positive natural signed unsigned
+syn keyword vhdlType line text
+syn keyword vhdlType std_logic std_logic_vector
+syn keyword vhdlType std_ulogic std_ulogic_vector
+" Predefined non standard VHDL types for Mentor Graphics Sys1076/QuickHDL
+syn keyword vhdlType qsim_state qsim_state_vector
+syn keyword vhdlType qsim_12state qsim_12state_vector
+syn keyword vhdlType qsim_strength
+" Predefined non standard VHDL types for Alliance VLSI CAD
+syn keyword vhdlType mux_bit mux_vector reg_bit reg_vector wor_bit wor_vector
+
+" array attributes
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'high"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'left"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'length"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'low"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'range"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'reverse_range"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'right"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'ascending"
+" block attributes
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'behaviour"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'structure"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'simple_name"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'instance_name"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'path_name"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'foreign"
+" signal attribute
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'active"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'delayed"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'event"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'last_active"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'last_event"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'last_value"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'quiet"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'stable"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'transaction"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'driving"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'driving_value"
+" type attributes
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'base"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'high"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'left"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'leftof"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'low"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'pos"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'pred"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'rightof"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'succ"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'val"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'image"
+syn match vhdlAttribute "\'value"
+
+syn keyword vhdlBoolean true false
+
+" for this vector values case is significant
+syn case match
+" Values for standard VHDL types
+syn match vhdlVector "\'[0L1HXWZU\-\?]\'"
+" Values for non standard VHDL types qsim_12state for Mentor Graphics Sys1076/QuickHDL
+syn keyword vhdlVector S0S S1S SXS S0R S1R SXR S0Z S1Z SXZ S0I S1I SXI
+syn case ignore
+
+syn match  vhdlVector "B\"[01_]\+\""
+syn match  vhdlVector "O\"[0-7_]\+\""
+syn match  vhdlVector "X\"[0-9a-f_]\+\""
+syn match  vhdlCharacter "'.'"
+syn region vhdlString start=+"+  end=+"+
+
+" floating numbers
+syn match vhdlNumber "-\=\<\d\+\.\d\+\(E[+\-]\=\d\+\)\>"
+syn match vhdlNumber "-\=\<\d\+\.\d\+\>"
+syn match vhdlNumber "0*2#[01_]\+\.[01_]\+#\(E[+\-]\=\d\+\)\="
+syn match vhdlNumber "0*16#[0-9a-f_]\+\.[0-9a-f_]\+#\(E[+\-]\=\d\+\)\="
+" integer numbers
+syn match vhdlNumber "-\=\<\d\+\(E[+\-]\=\d\+\)\>"
+syn match vhdlNumber "-\=\<\d\+\>"
+syn match vhdlNumber "0*2#[01_]\+#\(E[+\-]\=\d\+\)\="
+syn match vhdlNumber "0*16#[0-9a-f_]\+#\(E[+\-]\=\d\+\)\="
+" operators
+syn keyword vhdlOperator and nand or nor xor xnor
+syn keyword vhdlOperator rol ror sla sll sra srl
+syn keyword vhdlOperator mod rem abs not
+syn match   vhdlOperator "[&><=:+\-*\/|]"
+syn match   vhdlSpecial  "[().,;]"
+" time
+syn match vhdlTime "\<\d\+\s\+\(\([fpnum]s\)\|\(sec\)\|\(min\)\|\(hr\)\)\>"
+syn match vhdlTime "\<\d\+\.\d\+\s\+\(\([fpnum]s\)\|\(sec\)\|\(min\)\|\(hr\)\)\>"
+
+syn match vhdlComment "--.*$"
+" syn match vhdlGlobal "[\'$#~!%@?\^\[\]{}\\]"
+
+" 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_vhdl_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_vhdl_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink cDefine       PreProc
+  HiLink vhdlSpecial   Special
+  HiLink vhdlStatement Statement
+  HiLink vhdlCharacter String
+  HiLink vhdlString    String
+  HiLink vhdlVector    String
+  HiLink vhdlBoolean   String
+  HiLink vhdlComment   Comment
+  HiLink vhdlNumber    String
+  HiLink vhdlTime      String
+  HiLink vhdlType      Type
+  HiLink vhdlOperator  Type
+  HiLink vhdlGlobal    Error
+  HiLink vhdlAttribute Type
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "vhdl"
+
+" vim: ts=8