" Vim syntax file
" Language:     German-English Dictionary from TU Chemnitz
" Maintainer:   Bertram Scharpf <software@bertram-scharpf.de>
" Last Change:  07.05.2005
" License:      GNU General Public License, http://www.gnu.org/copyleft


"
" Include this into one of your vimrc files:
"
"     augroup Dict
"       autocmd BufRead ger-eng.txt set syntax=dict
"       autocmd BufRead de-en.txt   set syntax=dict
"     augroup END
"
" The dictionary is available at: http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/
"
" This is a humble aproach. Improvement proposals are welcome.
"


if version < 600
  syntax clear
elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
  finish
endif

syn match       dictLabel contained +\%<10l#\s*\zs.*\s*::+
syn match       dictComment     "^\s*\zs#.*" contains=dictLabel
syn region      dictGender      start=+{+     end=+}+  oneline
syn region      dictAbbrev      start=+\[+    end=+\]+ oneline
syn match       dictSubsep      +|\|:+
syn match       dictSep   contained  +::+
syn region      dictEnglish     start=+::\s*+ end=+$+  oneline contains=dictSep,dictSubsep,dictLabel,dictAbbrev

" 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_dict_syntax_inits")
  if version >= 508
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
  else
    let did_dict_syntax_inits = 1
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
  endif

  HiLink dictLabel      PreProc
  HiLink dictComment    Comment
  HiLink dictGender     Type
  HiLink dictAbbrev     Special
  HiLink dictAbbrev     Special
  HiLink dictSep        Statement
  HiLink dictSubsep     Identifier
  HiLink dictEnglish    String

  delcommand HiLink
endif

let b:current_syntax = "dict"

" vim: sw=2