1 files changed, 38 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/share/vim/syntax/prep.vim b/share/vim/syntax/prep.vim
index 9044267..d801602 100644
--- a/share/vim/syntax/prep.vim
+++ b/share/vim/syntax/prep.vim
@@ -1,27 +1,46 @@
 " Vim syntax file
-" Language: PREP as used by PHT, PML, ibiza and Multilingual Markup (MLM)
+" Language: PREP, the chilled multi-purpose preprocessor
+"       as used with HTML (PHT), Multilingual Markup (MLM)
+"       but also with apache config files and more.
+"
 " Maintainer: carlo von lynX
 " Latest Revision: 2016-08-25
 
-" We may intentionally want to add upon HTML or other syntaxes!
-"if exists("b:current_syntax")
-"  finish
-"endif
-
-syn match mlmInline /((([a-z_]\+.*)))/
-syn match mlmComment /^# .*$/
-syn match mlmComment /^##.*$/
-syn match mlmFlag /^[A-Z]\+)/
-syn match mlmStatement /^#[a-z_]\+/
-syn match mlmFlagStatement /^[A-Z]\+)#[a-z_]\+/
-
-hi def link mlmStatement PreProc
-hi def link mlmFlagStatement Statement
-hi def link mlmFlag Constant
-hi def link mlmInline Identifier
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" some variants of pht support wiki-like linking syntaxes additionally
+" doesn't hurt to mark them up
+syn match prepWikiLink /\[http.\+\]/
+
+" the inline processing syntax of prep is pretty unique, it allows to
+" embed anything anywhere and it never ended up colliding with other
+" syntax
+syn match prepInline /((([a-z_]\+.*)))/
+
+" slightly tricky when # is both cpp-like preprocessor statement and
+" comment character in all other cases
+syn match prepStatement /^#[a-z_]\+/
+syn match prepComment /^# .*$/
+syn match prepComment /^##.*$/
+
+" rudimentary syntax, but the only bearable way to handle multilingual
+" content. have you looked at .PO or XLIFF? just terrible.
+syn match prepFlag /^[A-Z]\+)/
+
+" prep allows preprocessor statements depending on flags
+syn match prepFlagStatement /^[A-Z]\+)#[a-z_]\+/
+syn match prepFlagStatement /^[A-Z]\+)#[a-z_]\+/
+
+hi def link prepStatement PreProc
+hi def link prepFlagStatement Statement
+hi def link prepFlag Constant
+hi def link prepInline Identifier
 " should be Comment, but it is not being
 " shown differently from regular text!?
-hi def link mlmComment Type
+hi def link prepComment Type
+hi def link prepWikilink Constant
 
-"let b:current_syntax = "prep"
+let b:current_syntax = "prep"