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  " Lout 
  au BufNewFile,BufRead *.lout                  so $VIM/syntax/lout.vim

----------- $vim/syntax/lout.vim
"
" Vim syntax file
" Language:	Lout   
" Last change:	1st March 1999
"
syn clear
"
" Most standard tags for Lout 3.13
"
syn match Lout_chars "[&@{}/~^]"
syn match Lout_abbrs "@[BDFILSR][ {@]"
syn region  Lout_str  start=+"+ end=+"+	oneline
syn match Lout_Comment	"#.*$"

syn keyword Lout_tag AL Abstract AlphaList Appendix Appendix Author BI BL
syn keyword Lout_tag Begin BeginSections BeginSubSections Box BulletList CD CL CNP
syn keyword Lout_tag Caption CenteredDisplay CenteredList CentredList Char Col Color 
syn keyword Lout_tag Colour ColumnNumber CoverSheet CurveBox Display DL DP 
syn keyword Lout_tag DashList Date DateLine Doc Document End EndList EndNote 
syn keyword Lout_tag EndSections EndSubSections Eq Figure FirstPageNumber Fmta 
syn keyword Lout_tag Font FootNote Heading ID IL IncludeGraphic IndentedDisplay 
syn keyword Lout_tag IndentedList InitialBreak 
syn keyword Lout_tag InitialFont InitialLanguage InnerNote Institution LD LL
syn keyword Lout_tag LLP LP Language  LeftList LeftNote List ListItem  NL NP
syn keyword Lout_tag NumberOf NumberedList OuterNote  PAL PNL PP PRL PUCAL PUCRL
syn keyword Lout_tag PageHeaders PageMark PageOf ParenAlphaList ParenNumberedList
syn keyword Lout_tag ParenRomanList ParenUCAlphaList ParenUCRomanList QD QL
syn keyword Lout_tag QuotedDisplay QuotedList RL Report RightDisplay RightNote  
syn keyword Lout_tag RomanList Rotate Rowa RunningTitle SL Scale Section  
syn keyword Lout_tag ShadowBox StarList SubAppendix SubSection SubSubAppendix Sym
syn keyword Lout_tag SubSubSection SysInclude TL Tab Table Tag TagItem TaggedList
syn keyword Lout_tag Text Time Title UCAL UCAlphaList UCRL UCRomanList Underline
syn keyword Lout_tag VWTL VeryWideTaggedList WTL WideTaggedList vmargin  
"
" Parameters 
"
syn keyword Lout_arg aformat bformat doc eq graph slides tab text tbl
syn keyword Lout_arg Base Slope Bold BoldSlope
syn keyword Lout_arg Times Helvetica Courier Palatino
syn keyword Lout_arg adjust breakstyle clines lines linesep hyphen nohyphen ragged 
syn keyword Lout_arg fx vx

hi link Lout_chars Special
hi link Lout_abbrs Identifier
hi link Lout_tag Identifier
hi link Lout_arg Constant 
hi link Lout_str String 
hi link Lout_Comment Comment