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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	"Robots.txt" files
+" Robots.txt files indicate to WWW robots which parts of a web site should not be accessed.
+" Maintainer:	Dominique Stéphan (dominique@mggen.com)
+" URL: http://www.mggen.com/vim/syntax/robots.zip
+" Last change:	2001 May 09
+
+" 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
+
+
+" shut case off
+syn case ignore
+
+" Comment
+syn match  robotsComment	"#.*$" contains=robotsUrl,robotsMail,robotsString
+
+" Star * (means all spiders)
+syn match  robotsStar		"\*"
+
+" :
+syn match  robotsDelimiter	":"
+
+
+" The keywords
+" User-agent
+syn match  robotsAgent		"^[Uu][Ss][Ee][Rr]\-[Aa][Gg][Ee][Nn][Tt]"
+" Disallow
+syn match  robotsDisallow	"^[Dd][Ii][Ss][Aa][Ll][Ll][Oo][Ww]"
+
+" Disallow: or User-Agent: and the rest of the line before an eventual comment
+synt match robotsLine		"\(^[Uu][Ss][Ee][Rr]\-[Aa][Gg][Ee][Nn][Tt]\|^[Dd][Ii][Ss][Aa][Ll][Ll][Oo][Ww]\):[^#]*"	contains=robotsAgent,robotsDisallow,robotsStar,robotsDelimiter
+
+" Some frequent things in comments
+syn match  robotsUrl		"http[s]\=://\S*"
+syn match  robotsMail		"\S*@\S*"
+syn region robotsString		start=+L\="+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
+
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_robos_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_robots_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink robotsComment		Comment
+  HiLink robotsAgent		Type
+  HiLink robotsDisallow		Statement
+  HiLink robotsLine		Special
+  HiLink robotsStar		Operator
+  HiLink robotsDelimiter	Delimiter
+  HiLink robotsUrl		String
+  HiLink robotsMail		String
+  HiLink robotsString		String
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "robots"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2
+