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+# http://purescript.org
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+# Syntax reference
+# https://github.com/purescript/documentation/blob/master/language/Syntax.md
+
+# Detection
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+hook global BufCreate .*[.](purs) %{
+    set-option buffer filetype purescript
+}
+
+# Initialization
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=purescript %{
+    require-module purescript
+
+    set-option buffer extra_word_chars '_' "'"
+    hook window ModeChange pop:insert:.* -group purescript-trim-indent  purescript-trim-indent
+    hook window InsertChar \n -group purescript-indent purescript-indent-on-new-line
+
+    hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window purescript-.+ }
+}
+
+hook -group purescript-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=purescript %{
+    add-highlighter window/purescript ref purescript
+    hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/purescript }
+}
+
+
+provide-module purescript %§
+
+# Highlighters
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+add-highlighter shared/purescript regions
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code default-region group
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/string       region (?<!'\\)(?<!')"                 (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"  fill string
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/comment      region -recurse \{- \{-                  -\}            fill comment
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/line_comment region --(?:[^!#$%&*+./<>?@\\\^|~=]|$) $                fill comment
+
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b0x+[A-Fa-f0-9]+ 0:value
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b\d+([.]\d+)? 0:value
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(import|hiding|module)(?!')\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(import)(?!')\b[^\n]+(?<!')\b(as)(?!')\b 2:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(class|data|default|deriving|infix|infixl|infixr|instance|module|newtype|pattern|type|where)(?!')\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(case|do|else|if|in|let|mdo|of|proc|rec|then)(?!')\b 0:attribute
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(type|data)\b\s+(\bfamily\b)?(?!') 0:keyword
+
+# The complications below is because period has many uses:
+# As function composition operator (possibly without spaces) like "." and "f.g"
+# Hierarchical modules like "Data.Maybe"
+# Qualified imports like "Data.Maybe.Just", "Data.Maybe.maybe", "Control.Applicative.<$>"
+# Quantifier separator in "forall a . [a] -> [a]"
+# Enum comprehensions like "[1..]" and "[a..b]" (making ".." and "Module..." illegal)
+
+# matches uppercase identifiers:  Monad Control.Monad
+# not non-space separated dot:    Just.const
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex \b([A-Z]['\w]*\.)*[A-Z]['\w]*(?!['\w])(?![.a-z]) 0:variable
+
+# matches infix identifier: `mod` `Apa._T'M`
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex `\b([A-Z]['\w]*\.)*[\w]['\w]*` 0:operator
+# matches imported operators: M.! M.. Control.Monad.>>
+# not operator keywords:      M... M.->
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex \b[A-Z]['\w]*\.[~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\]+ 0:operator
+# matches dot: .
+# not possibly incomplete import:  a.
+# not other operators:             !. .!
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<![\w~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\])\.(?![~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\]) 0:operator
+# matches other operators: ... > < <= ^ <*> <$> etc
+# not dot: .
+# not operator keywords:  @ .. -> :: ~
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<![~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\])[~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\]+ 0:operator
+
+# matches operator keywords: @ ->
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<![~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\])(@|~|<-|->|=>|::|=|:|[|])(?![~<=>|:!?/.@$*&#%+\^\-\\]) 1:keyword
+# matches: forall [..variables..] .
+# not the variables
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex \b(forall|∀)\b[^.\n]*?(\.) 1:keyword 2:keyword
+
+# matches 'x' '\\' '\'' '\n' '\0'
+# not incomplete literals: '\'
+# not valid identifiers:   w' _'
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex \B'([^\\]|[\\]['"\w\d\\])' 0:string
+# this has to come after operators so '-' etc is correct
+
+# matches function names in type signatures
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex ^\s*(?:where\s+|let\s+|default\s+)?([_a-z]['\w]*#?(?:,\s*[_a-z]['\w]*#?)*)\s+::\s 1:meta
+
+# Commands
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+define-command -hidden purescript-trim-indent %{
+    # remove trailing white spaces
+    try %{ execute-keys -draft -itersel <a-x> s \h+$ <ret> d }
+}
+
+define-command -hidden purescript-indent-on-new-line %{
+    evaluate-commands -draft -itersel %{
+        # copy -- comments prefix and following white spaces
+        try %{ execute-keys -draft k <a-x> s ^\h*\K--\h* <ret> y gh j P }
+        # preserve previous line indent
+        try %{ execute-keys -draft <semicolon> K <a-&> }
+        # align to first clause
+        try %{ execute-keys -draft <semicolon> k x X s ^\h*(if|then|else)?\h*(([\w']+\h+)+=)?\h*(case\h+[\w']+\h+of|do|let|where)\h+\K.* <ret> s \A|.\z <ret> & }
+        # filter previous line
+        try %{ execute-keys -draft k : purescript-trim-indent <ret> }
+        # indent after lines beginning with condition or ending with expression or =(
+        try %{ execute-keys -draft <semicolon> k x <a-k> ^\h*if|[=(]$|\b(case\h+[\w']+\h+of|do|let|where)$ <ret> j <a-gt> }
+    }
+}
+
+§