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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	TealInfo source files (*.tli)
+" Maintainer:	Kurt W. Andrews <kandrews@fastrans.net>
+" Last Change:	2001 May 10
+" Version:      1.0
+
+" 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
+
+" TealInfo Objects
+
+syn keyword tliObject LIST POPLIST WINDOW POPWINDOW OUTLINE CHECKMARK GOTO
+syn keyword tliObject LABEL IMAGE RECT TRES PASSWORD POPEDIT POPIMAGE CHECKLIST
+
+" TealInfo Fields
+
+syn keyword tliField X Y W H BX BY BW BH SX SY FONT BFONT CYCLE DELAY TABS
+syn keyword tliField STYLE BTEXT RECORD DATABASE KEY TARGET DEFAULT TEXT
+syn keyword tliField LINKS MAXVAL
+
+" TealInfo Styles
+
+syn keyword tliStyle INVERTED HORIZ_RULE VERT_RULE NO_SCROLL NO_BORDER BOLD_BORDER
+syn keyword tliStyle ROUND_BORDER ALIGN_RIGHT ALIGN_CENTER ALIGN_LEFT_START ALIGN_RIGHT_START
+syn keyword tliStyle ALIGN_CENTER_START ALIGN_LEFT_END ALIGN_RIGHT_END ALIGN_CENTER_END
+syn keyword tliStyle LOCKOUT BUTTON_SCROLL BUTTON_SELECT STROKE_FIND FILLED REGISTER
+
+" String and Character constants
+
+syn match tliSpecial	"@"
+syn region tliString	start=+"+ end=+"+
+
+"TealInfo Numbers, identifiers and comments
+
+syn case ignore
+syn match tliNumber	"\d*"
+syn match tliIdentifier	"\<\h\w*\>"
+syn match tliComment	"#.*"
+syn case match
+
+" 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_tli_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_tli_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink tliNumber	Number
+  HiLink tliString	String
+  HiLink tliComment	Comment
+  HiLink tliSpecial	SpecialChar
+  HiLink tliIdentifier Identifier
+  HiLink tliObject     Statement
+  HiLink tliField      Type
+  HiLink tliStyle      PreProc
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "tli"
+
+" vim: ts=8