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Statement	Description
case-sensitive= [Y N]	Defines the case sensitivity for the language. This
	statement must be the first or second statement
	within the section.
idchars=start_id_chars after_id_chars	Defines the characters that are the start of a valid
	identifier and additional valid characters that may
	follow. This statement must be the first or second
	statement within the section. You may use a dash
	(-) character to specify a range, for example, A-Z
	specifies uppercase letters. To specify a dash or
	backslash (\) character as a valid word character,
	place a backslash before the character.
styles= style	Defines zero or more styles. See Table of style Val-
	ues below for a list of available styles.
mlcomment= start_symbol end_symbol	Defines a multi-line comment. start_symbol and
[nesting] [followedby idchars] [colorname]	end_symbol define strings which start and end the
	comment. Specify nesting if the lexer should look
	for another occurrence of start_symbol when
	looking for the end comment symbol. The fol-
	lowedby idchars is used to require certain char-
	acters to follow start_symbol. You can use a
	dash (-) character to specify a range, such as A-Z,
	which specifies uppercase letters. To specify a
	dash (-) or backslash (\) character as a valid word
	character, place a backslash before the character.
	followedby is ignored when the html style is spe-
	cified. Currently, start_symbol and end_symbol
	may not be valid identifiers. No more than four
	multi-line comments may be defined. colorname
	can be used to indicate that a different color such
	as keyword color be used instead of comment color
	when a match is found. colorname may be
	keywordcolor, numbercolor, stringcolor, com-
	mentcolor, ppkeywordcolor, linenumcolor, sym-
	bol1color, symbol2color, symbol3color, or sym-
	bol4color.
mlcomment= start_symbol start_col	Defines a multi-line comment. This construct was
[checkfirstleading] end_symbol [lastchar]	designed to handle comments for the ATLAS lan-
	guage. start_symbol and end_symbol define
	strings which start and end the comment.
	start_symbol is only considered the start of a
	comment if it appears in column start_col.
	checkfirst specifies that the lexer should check if

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