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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	AceDB model files
+" Maintainer:	Stewart Morris (Stewart.Morris@ed.ac.uk)
+" Last change:	Thu Apr 26 10:38:01 BST 2001
+" URL:		http://www.ed.ac.uk/~swmorris/vim/acedb.vim
+
+" Syntax file to handle all $ACEDB/wspec/*.wrm files, primarily models.wrm
+" AceDB software is available from http://www.acedb.org
+
+" 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 keyword	acedbXref	XREF
+syn keyword	acedbModifier	UNIQUE REPEAT
+
+syn case ignore
+syn keyword	acedbModifier	Constraints
+syn keyword	acedbType	DateType Int Text Float
+
+" Magic tags from: http://genome.cornell.edu/acedocs/magic/summary.html
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	pick_me_to_call No_cache Non_graphic Title
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Flipped Centre Extent View Default_view
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	From_map Minimal_view Main_Marker Map Includes
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Mapping_data More_data Position Ends Left Right
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Multi_Position Multi_Ends With Error Relative
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Min Anchor Gmap Grid_map Grid Submenus Cambridge
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	No_buttons Columns Colour Surround_colour Tag
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Scale_unit Cursor Cursor_on Cursor_unit
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Locator Magnification Projection_lines_on
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Marker_points Marker_intervals Contigs
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Physical_genes Two_point Multi_point Likelihood
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Point_query Point_yellow Point_width
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Point_pne Point_pe Point_nne Point_ne
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Derived_tags DT_query DT_width DT_no_duplicates
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	RH_data RH_query RH_spacing RH_show_all
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Names_on Width Symbol Colours Pne Pe Nne pMap
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Sequence Gridded FingerPrint In_Situ Cosmid_grid
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Layout Lines_at Space_at No_stagger A1_labelling
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	DNA Structure From Source Source_Exons
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Coding CDS Transcript Assembly_tags Allele
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Display Colour Frame_sensitive Strand_sensitive
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Score_bounds Percent Bumpable Width Symbol
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Blixem_N Address E_mail Paper Reference Title
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Point_1 Point_2 Calculation Full One_recombinant
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Tested Selected_trans Backcross Back_one
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Dom_semi Dom_let Direct Complex_mixed Calc
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Calc_upper_conf Item_1 Item_2 Results A_non_B
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Score Score_by_offset Score_by_width
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Right_priority Blastn Blixem Blixem_X
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Journal Year Volume Page Author
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Selected One_all Recs_all One_let
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Sex_full Sex_one Sex_cis Dom_one Dom_selected
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Calc_distance Calc_lower_conf Canon_for_cosmid
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Reversed_physical Points Positive Negative
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Point_error_scale Point_segregate_ordered
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Point_symbol Interval_JTM Interval_RD
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	EMBL_feature Homol Feature
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	DT_tag Spacer Spacer_colour Spacer_width
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	RH_positive RH_negative RH_contradictory Query
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Clone Y_remark PCR_remark Hybridizes_to
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Row Virtual_row Mixed In_pool Subpool B_non_A
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Interval_SRK Point_show_marginal Subsequence
+syn keyword	acedbMagic	Visible Properties Transposon
+
+syn match	acedbClass	"^?\w\+\|^#\w\+"
+syn match	acedbComment	"//.*"
+syn region	acedbComment	start="/\*" end="\*/"
+syn match	acedbComment	"^#\W.*"
+syn match	acedbHelp	"^\*\*\w\+$"
+syn match	acedbTag	"[^^]?\w\+\|[^^]#\w\+"
+syn match	acedbBlock	"//#.\+#$"
+syn match	acedbOption	"^_[DVH]\S\+"
+syn match	acedbFlag	"\s\+-\h\+"
+syn match	acedbSubclass	"^Class"
+syn match	acedbSubtag	"^Visible\|^Is_a_subclass_of\|^Filter\|^Hidden"
+syn match	acedbNumber	"\<\d\+\>"
+syn match	acedbNumber	"\<\d\+\.\d\+\>"
+syn match	acedbHyb	"\<Positive_\w\+\>\|\<Negative\w\+\>"
+syn region	acedbString	start=/"/ end=/"/ skip=/\\"/ oneline
+
+" Rest of syntax highlighting rules start here
+
+" 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_acedb_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_acedb_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink acedbMagic	Special
+  HiLink acedbHyb	Special
+  HiLink acedbType	Type
+  HiLink acedbOption	Type
+  HiLink acedbSubclass	Type
+  HiLink acedbSubtag	Include
+  HiLink acedbFlag	Include
+  HiLink acedbTag	Include
+  HiLink acedbClass	Todo
+  HiLink acedbHelp	Todo
+  HiLink acedbXref	Identifier
+  HiLink acedbModifier	Label
+  HiLink acedbComment	Comment
+  HiLink acedbBlock	ModeMsg
+  HiLink acedbNumber	Number
+  HiLink acedbString	String
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "acedb"
+
+" The structure of the model.wrm file is sensitive to mixed tab and space
+" indentation and assumes tabs are 8 so...
+se ts=8