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README.md

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-vim-vdb
-=======
+vdb syntax
+==========
 
-Syntax highlighting for human-readable key:value databases
+JWC :: jwcxz.com
+
+
+This is a simple set of highlighting rules for files consisting of `key:value`
+pairs, plus some highlighting for indentation.
+
+Format looks like this:
+
+    first level
+        second level
+            third level
+                keytype1: value
+                keytype2# value
+
+Note that two different symbols are defined: `:` and `#`.  It's easy enough to
+add some more.  I use this to define information that I care about and don't
+care about.  This usually goes nicely with `fdm=indent`.
+
+
+![screenshot](https://raw.github.com/jwcxz/vim-vdb/master/vdb.png)

syntax/vdb.vim

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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     VDB (simple text database)
+" Maintainer:   Joe Colosimo (jwcxz.com)
+" Last Change:  
+" Vim URL:  http://www.vim.org/lang.html
+
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+setlocal iskeyword=a-z,A-Z,48-57,.,_
+setlocal isident=a-z,A-Z,48-57,.,_
+syn case ignore
+
+syn match   vdbH1       "^\([^: ]\)\([^:]*\)$"
+syn match   vdbH2       "^\(\s\{4\}\)\([^: ]\)\([^:]*\)$"
+syn match   vdbH3       "^\(\s\{8,\}\)\([^: ]\)\([^:]*\)$"
+
+syn match   vdbKey1     "^\([^:#]\+\):\s\?" nextgroup=vdbVal1
+syn region  vdbVal1     start="."  end="$"  contained
+
+syn match   vdbKey2     "^\([^:#]\+\)#\s\?" nextgroup=vdbVal2
+syn region  vdbVal2     start="."  end="$"  contained
+
+
+hi def link vdbH1       Special
+hi def link vdbH2       PreProc
+hi def link vdbH3       Type
+
+hi def link vdbKey1     Function
+hi def link vdbVal1     String
+
+hi def link vdbKey2     Comment
+hi def link vdbVal2     Comment
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "vdb"
+" vim: ts=4 sw=4 :
+