" Vim syntax file
" Language:	Perl
" Maintainer:	Sonia Heimann <niania@netsurf.org>
" Last change:	1997 May 26

" Remove any old syntax stuff hanging around
syntax clear

" A bunch of useful keywords
syntax keyword perlStatement      goto return last next
syntax keyword perlLabel          case default
syntax keyword perlConditional    if elsif unless else switch
syntax keyword perlRepeat         while for foreach do
syntax keyword perlOperator       defined undef
syntax keyword perlMiscList       shift push pop split join
syntax keyword perlMisc           print open close rename exit 

syntax keyword perlTodo contained TODO TBD

" perl identifiers. Can be $foo, $foo[...], @{$foo}, ... 
syntax match  perlIdentifierScalar "\$\$*#*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z:0-9_]*\>\(->\)*\([{\[][^{\]][^{\]]*[}\]]\)*"
syntax match  perlIdentifierArray      "@\({\$\)*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z:0-9_]*\>\(}\)*"
syntax match  perlIdentifierHash      "%\({\$\)*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z:0-9_]*\>\(}\)*"
syntax match  perlIdentifierFunc      "\&\({\$\)*[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z:0-9_]*\>\(}\)*"

" String and Character contstants
" Highlight special characters (those which have a backslash) differently
syntax match   perlSpecial           contained "\\[0-9][0-9][0-9]\|\\."
syntax region  perlString            start=+"+  skip=+\\\\\|\\"+  end=+"+ contains perlSpecial perlIdentifierScalar perlIdentifierArray perlIdentifierHash perlIdentifierFunc
syntax region  perlStringUnexpanded            start=+'+  skip=+\\\\\|\\"+  end=+'+ contains perlSpecial 
syntax match   perlCharacter         "'[^\\]'"
syntax match   perlSpecialCharacter  "'\\.'"

syntax match  perlNumber          "-\=\<[0-9]\+L\=\>\|0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]\+\>"

"syntax sync ccomment perlComment

" Comments. That's simple : # is a comment.
syntax match  perlComment         "#.*$" contains perlTodo

syntax match perlBigRegexp "/[^/]*/[^/]*/" contains perlIdentifierScalar perlIdentifierFunc
syntax match perlRegexp "/[^/]*/" contains perlIdentifierScalar perlIdentifierFunc

syntax keyword perlStorageClass		my local
syntax match perlClassDecl		"^[ 	]*package\>[^;]*"

syntax match  perlInclude         "^ *\<\(use\|require\)\>.*$"
syntax keyword  perlControl         BEGIN END
syntax match  perlLineSkip        "\\$"

" Functions ... 
" find ^sub foo{ . Find a nice way to remove the sub from the highlighted part.
syntax match perlFunction "^[ 	]*sub[ 	]*[a-zA-Z][^({]*"

if !exists("did_perl_syntax_inits")
  let did_perl_syntax_inits = 1
  " The default methods for highlighting.  Can be overridden later
  highlight link perlLabel		Label
  highlight link perlConditional	Conditional
  highlight link perlRepeat		Repeat
  highlight link perlOperator		Operator
  highlight link perlMiscList		perlStatement
  highlight link perlMisc		perlStatement
  highlight link perlIdentifierScalar	perlIdentifier
  highlight link perlIdentifierArray	perlIdentifier
  highlight link perlIdentifierHash	perlIdentifier
  highlight link perlIdentifierFunc	perlIdentifier
  highlight link perlStringUnexpanded	perlString
  highlight link perlCharacter		Character
  highlight link perlSpecialCharacter	perlSpecial
  highlight link perlNumber		Number
  highlight link perlClassDecl		Typedef
  highlight link perlStorageClass	perlType
  highlight link perlInclude		Include
  highlight link perlControl		PreProc

  highlight link  perlStatement		Statement
  highlight link  perlType		Type
  highlight link  perlString		String
  highlight link  perlComment		Comment
  highlight link  perlSpecial		Special
  highlight link  perlTodo		Todo
  highlight link  perlFunction		Function
  highlight link  perlIdentifier	Identifier
endif