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+" Vim filetype plugin file
+" Language:	MS Message files (*.mc)
+" Maintainer:	Kevin Locke <kwl7@cornell.edu>
+" Last Change:	2008 April 09
+" Location:	http://kevinlocke.name/programs/vim/syntax/msmessages.vim
+
+" Based on c.vim
+
+" Only do this when not done yet for this buffer
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Don't load another plugin for this buffer
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+" Using line continuation here.
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo-=C
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin = "setl fo< com< cms< | unlet! b:browsefilter"
+
+" Set 'formatoptions' to format all lines, including comments
+setlocal fo-=ct fo+=roql
+
+" Comments includes both ";" which describes a "comment" which will be
+" converted to C code and variants on "; //" which will remain comments
+" in the generated C code
+setlocal comments=:;,:;//,:;\ //,s:;\ /*\ ,m:;\ \ *\ ,e:;\ \ */
+setlocal commentstring=;\ //\ %s
+
+" Win32 can filter files in the browse dialog
+if has("gui_win32") && !exists("b:browsefilter")
+  let b:browsefilter = "MS Message Files (*.mc)\t*.mc\n" .
+	\ "Resource Files (*.rc)\t*.rc\n" .
+	\ "All Files (*.*)\t*.*\n"
+endif
+
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save