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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	    Objective C
+" Maintainer:	    Kazunobu Kuriyama <kazunobu.kuriyama@nifty.com>
+" Ex-maintainer:    Anthony Hodsdon <ahodsdon@fastmail.fm>
+" First Author:	    Valentino Kyriakides <1kyriaki@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
+" Last Change:	    2004 May 20
+
+" 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
+
+if &filetype != 'objcpp'
+  " Read the C syntax to start with
+  if version < 600
+    source <sfile>:p:h/c.vim
+  else
+    runtime! syntax/c.vim
+  endif
+endif
+
+" Objective C extentions follow below
+"
+" NOTE: Objective C is abbreviated to ObjC/objc
+" and uses *.h, *.m as file extensions!
+
+
+" ObjC keywords, types, type qualifiers etc.
+syn keyword objcStatement	self super _cmd
+syn keyword objcType		id Class SEL IMP BOOL nil Nil
+syn keyword objcTypeModifier	bycopy in out inout oneway
+
+" Match the ObjC #import directive (like C's #include)
+syn region objcImported display contained start=+"+  skip=+\\\\\|\\"+  end=+"+
+syn match  objcImported display contained "<[_0-9a-zA-Z.\/]*>"
+syn match  objcImport display "^\s*\(%:\|#\)\s*import\>\s*["<]" contains=objcImported
+
+" Match the important ObjC directives
+syn match  objcScopeDecl    "@public\|@private\|@protected"
+syn match  objcDirective    "@interface\|@implementation"
+syn match  objcDirective    "@class\|@end\|@defs"
+syn match  objcDirective    "@encode\|@protocol\|@selector"
+
+" Match the ObjC method types
+"
+" NOTE: here I match only the indicators, this looks
+" much nicer and reduces cluttering color highlightings.
+" However, if you prefer full method declaration matching
+" append .* at the end of the next two patterns!
+"
+syn match objcInstMethod    "^\s*-\s*"
+syn match objcFactMethod    "^\s*+\s*"
+
+" To distinguish from a header inclusion from a protocol list.
+syn match objcProtocol display "<[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*>" contains=objcType,cType,Type
+
+
+" To distinguish labels from the keyword for a method's parameter.
+syn region objcKeyForMethodParam display
+    \ start="^\s*[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*\s*:\s*("
+    \ end=")\s*[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*"
+    \ contains=objcType,objcTypeModifier,cType,cStructure,cStorageClass,Type
+
+" Objective-C Constant Strings
+syn match objcSpecial display "%@" contained
+syn region objcString start=+\(@"\|"\)+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=cFormat,cSpecial,objcSpecial
+
+" Objective-C Message Expressions
+syn region objcMessage display start="\[" end="\]" contains=objcMessage,objcStatement,objcType,objcTypeModifier,objcString,objcConstant,objcDirective,cType,cStructure,cStorageClass,cString,cCharacter,cSpecialCharacter,cNumbers,cConstant,cOperator,cComment,cCommentL,Type
+
+syn cluster cParenGroup add=objcMessage
+syn cluster cPreProcGroup add=objcMessage
+
+" 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_objc_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_objc_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink objcImport		Include
+  HiLink objcImported		cString
+  HiLink objcTypeModifier	objcType
+  HiLink objcType		Type
+  HiLink objcScopeDecl		Statement
+  HiLink objcInstMethod		Function
+  HiLink objcFactMethod		Function
+  HiLink objcStatement		Statement
+  HiLink objcDirective		Statement
+  HiLink objcKeyForMethodParam	None
+  HiLink objcString		cString
+  HiLink objcSpecial		Special
+  HiLink objcProtocol		None
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "objc"
+
+" vim: ts=8