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+syntax "typescript" "\.ts$"
+
+color constant.number   "\b[-+]?([1-9][0-9]*|0[0-7]*|0x[0-9a-fA-F]+)([uU][lL]?|[lL][uU]?)?\b"
+color constant.number   "\b[-+]?([0-9]+\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+)([EePp][+-]?[0-9]+)?[fFlL]?"
+color constant.number   "\b[-+]?([0-9]+[EePp][+-]?[0-9]+)[fFlL]?"
+color identifier "[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*[[:space:]]*[(]"
+color statement  "\b(break|case|catch|continue|default|delete|do|else|finally)\b"
+color statement  "\b(declare|interface|import|for|function|get|if|in|instanceof|new|return|set|switch)\b"
+color statement  "\b(switch|this|throw|try|typeof|var|void|while|with|async|await)\b"
+color constant  "\b(null|undefined|NaN)\b"
+color constant "\b(true|false)\b"
+color type     "\b(Array|Boolean|Date|Enumerator|Error|Function|Math|string|number|boolean|any)\b"
+color type     "\b(Number|Object|RegExp|String)\b"
+color statement "[-+/*=<>!~%?:&|]"
+color constant   "/[^*]([^/]|(\\/))*[^\\]/[gim]*"
+color constant   "\\[0-7][0-7]?[0-7]?|\\x[0-9a-fA-F]+|\\[bfnrt'"\?\\]"
+color comment "(^|[[:space:]])//.*"
+color comment "/\*.+\*/"
+color todo "TODO:?"
+color constant.string ""(\\.|[^"])*"|'(\\.|[^'])*'"