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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd">
+<language name="Go" section="Sources"
+          version="1.00" kateversion="2.4"
+          indenter="cstyle"
+          extensions="*.go"
+          mimetype=""
+          priority="5"
+          author="The Go Authors"
+          license="BSD">
+  <highlighting>
+    <list name="keywords">
+      <item> break </item>
+      <item> case </item>
+      <item> const </item>
+      <item> continue </item>
+      <item> default </item>
+      <item> defer </item>
+      <item> else </item>
+      <item> fallthrough </item>
+      <item> false </item>
+      <item> for </item>
+      <item> func </item>
+      <item> go </item>
+      <item> goto </item>
+      <item> if </item>
+      <item> import </item>
+      <item> interface </item>
+      <item> iota </item>
+      <item> nil </item>
+      <item> package </item>
+      <item> range </item>
+      <item> return </item>
+      <item> select </item>
+      <item> struct </item>
+      <item> switch </item>
+      <item> true </item>
+      <item> type </item>
+      <item> var </item>
+    </list>
+    <list name="types">
+      <item> bool </item>
+      <item> byte </item>
+      <item> chan </item>
+      <item> float </item>
+      <item> float32 </item>
+      <item> float64 </item>
+      <item> int </item>
+      <item> int8 </item>
+      <item> int16 </item>
+      <item> int32 </item>
+      <item> int64 </item>
+      <item> map </item>
+      <item> string </item>
+      <item> uint </item>
+      <item> uintptr </item>
+      <item> uint8 </item>
+      <item> uint16 </item>
+      <item> uint32 </item>
+      <item> uint64 </item>
+    </list>
+    <list name="functions">
+      <item> cap </item>
+      <item> close </item>
+      <item> closed </item>
+      <item> convert </item>
+      <item> len </item>
+      <item> make </item>
+      <item> new </item>
+      <item> panic </item>
+      <item> panicln </item>
+      <item> print </item>
+      <item> println </item>
+    </list>
+    <contexts>
+      <context attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" name="Normal">
+        <DetectSpaces />
+        <keyword attribute="Keyword" context="#stay" String="keywords"/>
+        <keyword attribute="Data Type" context="#stay" String="types"/>
+        <DetectIdentifier />
+        <DetectChar attribute="Symbol" context="#stay" char="{" beginRegion="Brace1" />
+        <DetectChar attribute="Symbol" context="#stay" char="}" endRegion="Brace1" />
+        <HlCOct attribute="Octal" context="#stay"/>
+        <HlCHex attribute="Hex" context="#stay"/>
+        <HlCChar attribute="Char" context="#stay"/>
+        <DetectChar attribute="String" context="String" char="&quot;"/>
+        <Detect2Chars attribute="Comment" context="Commentar 1" char="/" char1="/"/>
+        <Detect2Chars attribute="Comment" context="Commentar 2" char="/" char1="*" beginRegion="Comment"/>
+        <AnyChar attribute="Symbol" context="#stay" String=":!%&amp;()+,-/.*&lt;=&gt;?[]|~^&#59;"/>
+      </context>
+
+      <context attribute="String" lineEndContext="#pop" name="String">
+        <LineContinue attribute="String" context="#stay"/>
+        <HlCStringChar attribute="String Char" context="#stay"/>
+        <DetectChar attribute="String" context="#pop" char="&quot;"/>
+      </context>
+
+      <context attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#pop" name="Commentar 1">
+        <LineContinue attribute="Comment" context="#stay"/>
+      </context>
+
+      <context attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#stay" name="Commentar 2">
+        <Detect2Chars attribute="Comment" context="#pop" char="*" char1="/" endRegion="Comment"/>
+      </context>
+    </contexts>
+    <itemDatas>
+      <itemData name="Normal Text"  defStyleNum="dsNormal" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Keyword"      defStyleNum="dsKeyword" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Data Type"    defStyleNum="dsDataType" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Decimal"      defStyleNum="dsDecVal" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Octal"        defStyleNum="dsBaseN" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Hex"          defStyleNum="dsBaseN" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Float"        defStyleNum="dsFloat" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Char"         defStyleNum="dsChar" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="String"       defStyleNum="dsString"/>
+      <itemData name="String Char"  defStyleNum="dsChar"/>
+      <itemData name="Comment"      defStyleNum="dsComment"/>
+      <itemData name="Symbol"       defStyleNum="dsNormal" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Error"        defStyleNum="dsError" spellChecking="false"/>
+    </itemDatas>
+  </highlighting>
+  <general>
+    <comments>
+      <comment name="singleLine" start="//" />
+      <comment name="multiLine" start="/*" end="*/" />
+    </comments>
+    <keywords casesensitive="1" additionalDeliminator="'&quot;" />
+  </general>
+</language>