" Vim syntax file" Copyright by Jan-Oliver Wagner" Language:	avenue" Maintainer:	Jan-Oliver Wagner <Jan-Oliver.Wagner@intevation.de>" Last change:	2001 May 10 " Avenue is the ArcView built-in language. ArcView is" a desktop GIS by ESRI. Though it is a built-in language" and a built-in editor is provided, the use of VIM increases" development speed." I use some technologies to automatically load avenue scripts" into ArcView. " For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loadedif version < 600  syntax clearelseif exists("b:current_syntax")  finishendif " Avenue is entirely case-insensitive.syn case ignore " The keywords syn keyword aveStatement	if then elseif else end break exit returnsyn keyword aveStatement	for each in continue while " String syn region aveString		start=+"+ end=+"+ " Integer numbersyn match  aveNumber		"[+-]\=\<[0-9]\+\>" " Operator syn keyword aveOperator		or and max min xor mod by" 'not' is a kind of a problem: Its an Operator as well as a method" 'not' is only marked as an Operator if not applied as methodsyn match aveOperator		"[^\.]not[^a-zA-Z]" " Variables syn keyword aveFixVariables	av nil self false true nl tab cr tabsyn match globalVariables	"_[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*"syn match aveVariables		"[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"syn match aveConst		"#[A-Z][A-Z_]+" " Comments syn match aveComment	"'.*" " Typical Typos " for C programmers:syn match aveTypos	"=="syn match aveTypos	"!=" " 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+yetif version >= 508 || !exists("did_ave_syn_inits")  if version < 508	let did_ave_syn_inits = 1	command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>  else	command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>  endif   HiLink aveStatement		Statement   HiLink aveString		String  HiLink aveNumber		Number   HiLink aveFixVariables	Special  HiLink aveVariables		Identifier  HiLink globalVariables	Special  HiLink aveConst		Special   HiLink aveClassMethods	Function   HiLink aveOperator		Operator  HiLink aveComment		Comment   HiLink aveTypos		Error   delcommand HiLinkendif let b:current_syntax = "ave"