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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd">
+<!--
+  ====================================================================
+  Bitbake syntax highlighting file for the Kate and QtCreator
+  ====================================================================
+
+  Author: Ivan Koveshnikov
+-->
+
+<language name="Bitbake" section="Sources"
+          version="1.0"  kateversion="2.4"
+          extensions="*.bb;*.bbappend;*.bbclass;*.inc;*.conf"
+          license="GPL" author="Ivan Koveshnikov">
+
+  <highlighting>
+
+    <list name="keywords">
+      <item> after </item>
+      <item> before </item>
+      <item> python </item>
+      <item> branch </item>
+      <item> bareclone </item>
+      <item> protocol </item>
+      <item> name </item>
+      <item> if </item>
+      <item> fi </item>
+      <item> then </item>
+      <item> rm </item>
+      <item> ln </item>
+      <item> cp </item>
+      <item> for </item>
+      <item> done </item>
+      <item> cat </item>
+    </list>
+
+    <list name="oe_functions">
+      <item> do_build </item>
+      <item> do_compile </item>
+      <item> do_compile_append </item>
+      <item> do_compile_prepend </item>
+      <item> do_compile_ptest_base </item>
+      <item> do_configure </item>
+      <item> do_configure_append </item>
+      <item> do_configure_prepend </item>
+      <item> do_configure_ptest_base </item>
+      <item> do_deploy </item>
+      <item> do_fetch </item>
+      <item> do_install </item>
+      <item> do_install_append </item>
+      <item> do_install_prepend </item>
+      <item> do_install_ptest_base </item>
+      <item> do_package </item>
+      <item> do_package_qa </item>
+      <item> do_package_write_deb </item>
+      <item> do_package_write_ipk </item>
+      <item> do_package_write_rpm </item>
+      <item> do_package_write_tar </item>
+      <item> do_packagedata </item>
+      <item> do_patch </item>
+      <item> do_populate_lic </item>
+      <item> do_populate_sdk </item>
+      <item> do_populate_sysroot </item>
+      <item> do_rm_work </item>
+      <item> do_rm_work_all </item>
+      <item> do_unpack </item>
+      <item> do_checkuri </item>
+      <item> do_checkuriall </item>
+      <item> do_clean </item>
+      <item> do_cleanall </item>
+      <item> do_cleansstate </item>
+      <item> do_devshell </item>
+      <item> do_fetchall </item>
+      <item> do_listtasks </item>
+      <item> do_package_index </item>
+      <item> do_bootimg </item>
+      <item> do_bundle_initramfs </item>
+      <item> do_rootfs </item>
+      <item> do_testimage </item>
+      <item> do_testimage_auto </item>
+      <item> do_vmdkimg </item>
+      <item> do_compile_kernelmodules </item>
+      <item> do_diffconfig </item>
+      <item> do_kernel_checkout </item>
+      <item> do_kernel_configcheck </item>
+      <item> do_kernel_configme </item>
+      <item> do_kernel_link_vmlinux </item>
+      <item> do_menuconfig </item>
+      <item> do_savedefconfig </item>
+      <item> do_sizecheck </item>
+      <item> do_strip </item>
+      <item> do_uboot_mkimage </item>
+      <item> do_validate_branches </item>
+      <item> do_generate_qt_config_file </item>
+      <item> do_spdx </item>
+      <item> oe_runmake </item>
+      <item> export </item>
+      <item> install </item>
+      <item> kernel_configme </item>
+      <item> validate_branches </item>
+
+    </list>
+
+    <list name="dependencies">
+      <item> inherit </item>
+      <item> include </item>
+      <item> require </item>
+      <item> addtask </item>
+      <item> deltask </item>
+      <item> addhandler </item>
+      <item> EXPORT_FUNCTIONS </item>
+    </list>
+
+    <contexts>
+
+      <context name="Normal Text" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#pop" >
+        <DetectSpaces/>
+        <DetectChar                         context="bbComment" char="#" />
+        <keyword attribute="Keyword"        context="#stay"     String="keywords" />
+        <keyword attribute="OEFunction"     context="#stay"     String="oe_functions" />
+        <keyword attribute="Dependency"     context="#stay"     String="dependencies" />
+        <DetectChar attribute="String"      context="bbString"  char="&quot;" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Variable" context="#stay" String="\$\{[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\}" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Keyword" context="#stay" String="([A-Z]+)[0-9_]*" />
+      </context>
+
+      <context name="bbString" attribute="String" lineEndContext="bbError" >
+        <keyword    attribute="Keyword"     context="#stay" String="keywords" />
+        <DetectChar attribute="String"      context="#pop"  char="&quot;" />
+        <LineContinue  attribute="Escape"   context="#stay"  />
+        <AnyChar    attribute="Normal Text" context="#stay" String="=|;," />
+        <RegExpr    attribute="BBFunction"  context="#stay" String="\$\{@[a-zA-z0-9._\-\(\), &quot;/]+\}" />
+        <RegExpr    attribute="Variable"    context="#stay" String="\$\{[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\}" />
+      </context>
+
+      <context name="bbComment" attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#pop" />
+
+      <context name="bbError" attribute="Error" lineEndContext="#stay" >
+        <DetectChar attribute="Error"      context="#pop"  char="&quot;" />
+      </context>
+
+    </contexts>
+
+    <itemDatas>
+    <!--
+        dsNormal, used for normal text.
+        dsKeyword, used for keywords.
+        dsDataType, used for data types.
+        dsDecVal, used for decimal values.
+        dsBaseN, used for values with a base other than 10.
+        dsFloat, used for float values.
+        dsChar, used for a character.
+        dsString, used for strings.
+        dsComment, used for comments.
+        dsOthers, used for ‘other’ things.
+        dsAlert, used for warning messages.
+        dsFunction, used for function calls.
+        dsRegionMarker, used for region markers.
+        dsError, used for error highlighting and wrong syntax.
+    -->
+      <itemData name="Normal Text"    defStyleNum="dsNormal"      spellChecking="false" />
+      <itemData name="String"         defStyleNum="dsString"      spellChecking="true" />
+      <itemData name="Keyword"        defStyleNum="dsKeyword"     spellChecking="false" />
+      <itemData name="Condition"      defStyleNum="dsDataType"    spellChecking="false" />
+      <itemData name="Function"       defStyleNum="dsFunction"    spellChecking="false" />
+      <itemData name="Variable"       defStyleNum="dsOthers"      spellChecking="false" color="darkred" />
+      <itemData name="Comment"        defStyleNum="dsComment"     spellChecking="true" />
+      <itemData name="Dependency"     defStyleNum="dsDataType"    spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="BBFunction"     defStyleNum="dsOthers"      spellChecking="false" color="darkblue" />
+      <itemData name="OEFunction"     defStyleNum="dsBaseN"       spellChecking="false" />
+      <itemData name="Escape"         defStyleNum="dsOthers"      spellChecking="false" color="grey" />
+      <itemData name="Error"          defStyleNum="dsError"       spellChecking="false" />
+
+    </itemDatas>
+
+  </highlighting>
+
+  <general>
+    <comments>
+      <comment name="singleLine" start="#"/>
+    </comments>
+  </general>
+
+</language>
+