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+# http://complang.org/ragel
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+# ragel.kak does not try to detect host language.
+
+# Detection
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+hook global BufSetOption mimetype=text/x-ragel %{
+    set buffer filetype ragel
+}
+
+hook global BufCreate .*[.](ragel|rl) %{
+    set buffer filetype ragel
+}
+
+# Highlighters
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+addhl -group / regions -default code ragel \
+    string  '"' (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"         '' \
+    string  "'" "'"                     '' \
+    comment '#' '$'                     ''
+
+addhl -group /ragel/string  fill string
+addhl -group /ragel/comment fill comment
+
+addhl -group /ragel/code regex \<(true|false)\> 0:value
+addhl -group /ragel/code regex %%\{|\}%%|<\w+> 0:identifier
+addhl -group /ragel/code regex :=|=>|->|:>|:>>|<: 0:operator
+addhl -group /ragel/code regex \<(action|alnum|alpha|any|ascii|case|cntrl|contained|context|data|digit|empty|eof|err|error|exec|export|exports|extend|fblen|fbreak|fbuf|fc|fcall|fcurs|fentry|fexec|fgoto|fhold|first_final|fnext|fpc|fret|from|fstack|ftargs|graph|import|include|init|inwhen|lerr|lower|machine|nocs|noend|noerror|nofinal|noprefix|outwhen|postpop|prepush|print|punct|range|space|start|to|upper|when|write|xdigit|zlen)\> 0:keyword
+
+# Commands
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+def -hidden _ragel_filter_around_selections %{
+    eval -draft -itersel %{
+        exec <a-x>
+        # remove trailing white spaces
+        try %{ exec -draft s \h+$ <ret> d }
+    }
+}
+
+def -hidden _ragel_indent_on_char "
+    eval -draft -itersel %_
+        # align closer token to its opener when alone on a line
+        try %/ exec -draft <a-h> <a-k> ^\h+[]})]$ <ret>        m         s \`|.\' <ret> 1<a-&> /
+        try %/ exec -draft <a-h> <a-k> ^\h+  [*]$ <ret> <a-?> [*]$ <ret> s \`|.\' <ret> 1<a-&> /
+    _
+"
+
+def -hidden _ragel_indent_on_new_line "
+    eval -draft -itersel '
+        # preserve previous line indent
+        try %{ exec -draft <space> K <a-&> }
+        # filter previous line
+        try %{ exec -draft k : _ragel_filter_around_selections <ret> }
+        # copy _#_ comment prefix and following white spaces
+        try %{ exec -draft k x s ^\h*\K#\h* <ret> y j p }
+        # indent after lines ending with opener token
+        try %_ exec -draft k x <a-k> [[{(*]$ <ret> j <a-gt> _
+    '
+"
+
+# Initialization
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=ragel %{
+    addhl ref ragel
+
+    hook window InsertEnd  .* -group ragel-hooks  _ragel_filter_around_selections
+    hook window InsertChar .* -group ragel-indent _ragel_indent_on_char
+    hook window InsertChar \n -group ragel-indent _ragel_indent_on_new_line
+}
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=(?!ragel).* %{
+    rmhl ragel
+    rmhooks window ragel-indent
+    rmhooks window ragel-hooks
+}