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+" vimtex - LaTeX plugin for Vim
+"
+" Maintainer: Karl Yngve Lervåg
+" Email:      karl.yngve@gmail.com
+"
+
+function! vimtex#syntax#p#import#load(cfg) abort " {{{1
+  syntax match texCmdImport "\%#=1\\\%(sub\)\?import\>"
+        \ nextgroup=texImportFileArg skipwhite skipnl
+
+  call vimtex#syntax#core#new_arg('texImportFileArg', #{
+        \ contains: '@NoSpell,texCmd,texComment',
+        \ next: 'texFileArg',
+        \})
+
+  highlight def link texCmdImport texCmdInput
+  highlight def link texImportFileArg texFileArg
+endfunction
+
+" }}}1