" 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.
" quit when a syntax file was already loaded
if exists("b:current_syntax")
finish
endif
" Avenue is entirely case-insensitive.
syn case ignore
" The keywords
syn keyword aveStatement if then elseif else end break exit return
syn keyword aveStatement for each in continue while
" String
syn region aveString start=+"+ end=+"+
" Integer number
syn match aveNumber "[+-]\=\<[0-9]\+\>"
" Operator
syn keyword aveOperator or and max min xor mod by
" 'not' is a kind of a problem: It's an Operator as well as a method
" 'not' is only marked as an Operator if not applied as method
syn match aveOperator "[^\.]not[^a-zA-Z]"
" Variables
syn keyword aveFixVariables av nil self false true nl tab cr tab
syn 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.
" Only when an item doesn't have highlighting+yet
hi def link aveStatement Statement
hi def link aveString String
hi def link aveNumber Number
hi def link aveFixVariables Special
hi def link aveVariables Identifier
hi def link globalVariables Special
hi def link aveConst Special
hi def link aveClassMethods Function
hi def link aveOperator Operator
hi def link aveComment Comment
hi def link aveTypos Error
let b:current_syntax = "ave"
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