diff -uNr parrot/MANIFEST parrot_mods/MANIFEST
--- parrot/MANIFEST	Sun Aug 17 22:11:50 2003
+++ parrot_mods/MANIFEST	Tue Aug 19 22:53:24 2003
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
 dynext.c                                          []
 editor/Makefile                                   [devel]
 editor/imc.vim.in                                 [devel]
+editor/kate_syntax.pl                             [devel]
 editor/ops2vim.pl                                 [devel]
 editor/pasm.el                                    [devel]
 editor/pasm.vim                                   [devel]
diff -uNr parrot/editor/Makefile parrot_mods/editor/Makefile
--- parrot/editor/Makefile	Sun Aug 17 15:27:52 2003
+++ parrot_mods/editor/Makefile	Tue Aug 19 22:54:38 2003
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 imc.vim: imc.vim.in ../*.ops
 	cp -f imc.vim.in imc.vim
 	perl ops2vim.pl ../*.ops >> imc.vim
+
+imc.kate:
+	perl kate_syntax.pl '../' > imcc.xml
diff -uNr parrot/editor/kate_syntax.pl parrot_mods/editor/kate_syntax.pl
--- parrot/editor/kate_syntax.pl	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ parrot_mods/editor/kate_syntax.pl	Tue Aug 19 22:49:52 2003
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Create Kate syntax highlighting XML file for IMCC
+# Language:	Parrot IMCC
+# Maintainer:	Andy Bussey <andybussey@yahoo.co.uk>
+# Last change:	2003 Aug 19
+
+my $parrot = $ARGV[0];
+
+if ($parrot eq '-h') {
+    print "kate_syntax.pl\n\n",
+        "Create Kate syntax highlighting file for Parrot IMCC.\n",
+        "Supply the path to your Parrot directory as the only\n",
+        "argument. The XML file will be written to the standard\n",
+        "output.\n\n";
+    exit;
+}
+
+$parrot =~ s/\/$//;
+
+my @imcc_oplike = qw(.sym .arg prototyped non_prototyped .class
+    .endclass .param inc dec new defined addr global clone saveall
+    restoreall);
+my @imcc_spdirec = qw(.pcc_call .result .return .local .const .globalconst
+    end goto if unless call branch jump jsr ret invoke invokecc throw 
+    rethrow die_hard .emit .eom .sub .end .pcc_begin
+    .pcc_end .pcc_sub .pcc_begin_return .pcc_end_return .pcc_begin_yield
+    .pcc_end_yield .namespace .endnamespace .macro .include);
+my @pod_start = qw(head[1-6] over back item for begin end pod);
+my $pod_start_rx = join '|', @pod_start;
+my @imcc_basic_types = qw(int float string);
+my $parrot_pmcsh_file = "include/parrot/core_pmcs.h";
+my $date = localtime(time);
+
+
+opendir PARROT, "$parrot" or die "Supply Parrot directory as argument!";
+my @ops_files = map { "$parrot/$_"} grep /\.ops$/, readdir PARROT;
+closedir PARROT;
+
+
+print <<END;
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd">
+ <!-- Created automatically by kate_syntax.pl  $date -->
+
+<language name="IMCC" version="0.2" kateversion="2.0" section="Sources" extensions="*.imc;*.pasm" mimetype="">
+
+  <highlighting>
+
+    <list name="special_directives">
+END
+
+my %ops;
+for my $dir (@imcc_spdirec) {
+    $dir =~ s/\.//g;
+    print "      <item>$dir</item>\n";
+    $ops{$dir} = 1;
+}
+
+print <<END;
+    </list>
+    
+    <list name="ops">
+END
+
+for my $ops_file (@ops_files) {
+    open OPS, "<$ops_file" or die "Can't read $ops_file!";
+    while (<OPS>) {
+        next unless (/^(inline\s+)?op\s+([a-zA-Z]\w*)/);
+        my $op = $2;
+        $op =~ s/\.//g;
+        next if ($ops{$op});
+        print "      <item>$op</item>\n";
+        $ops{$op} = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+for my $op (@imcc_oplike) {
+    $op =~ s/\.//g;
+    next if ($ops{$op});
+    print "      <item>$op</item>\n";
+    $ops{$op} = 1;
+}
+
+print <<END;
+    </list>
+
+    <list name="types">
+END
+
+my %types;
+for my $type (@imcc_basic_types) {
+    $type =~ s/\./\&046;/g;
+    next if ($types{$type});
+    print "      <item>$type</item>\n";
+    $types{$type} = 1;
+}
+
+open TYPES, "<$parrot/$parrot_pmcsh_file" or
+  die "Can't read $parrot/$parrot_pmcsh_file!";
+while (<TYPES>) {
+    next unless (/^\s+enum_class_(\w+)\,/);
+    my $type = $1;
+    $type =~ s/\./\&046;/g;
+    print "      <item>$type</item>\n";
+    $types{$type} = 1;
+}
+
+print <<END;
+    </list>
+
+    <contexts>
+
+      <context name="default" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay">
+          <RegExpr attribute="Label" context="#stay" String="[_\\w]+\\:" />
+          <keyword attribute="Op" context="#stay" String="ops" />
+          <keyword attribute="Special Directive" context="#stay" String="special_directives" />
+          <keyword attribute="Type" context="#stay" String="types" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="Comment" context="#stay" String="#.*\$" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="Comment" context="pod" String="^\\=($pod_start_rx).*" />
+          <HlCOct attribute="Octal" context="#stay" />
+          <HlCHex attribute="Hex" context="#stay" />
+          <Float attribute="Float" context="#stay" />
+          <Int attribute="Int" context="#stay" />
+END
+
+print <<END;
+          <RegExpr attribute="Register" context="#stay" String="[INSP](\\d|[12]\\d|3[01])" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="TempRegister" context="#stay" String="\\\$[INSP]\\d+" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="String" context="string" String="'" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="String Interp" context="string_interp" String="&quot;" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="Identifier" context="#stay" String="[a-zA-Z_][\\w_]*" />
+      </context>
+
+END
+
+print <<END;
+      <context name="pod" attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#stay">
+          <LineContinue attribute="Comment" context="#stay" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="Comment" context="#stay" String="[^\=]*" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="Comment" context="#pop" String="^\\=cut\\s*\$" />
+      </context>
+
+END
+
+print <<END;
+      <context name="string" attribute="String" lineEndContext="#pop">
+          <RegExpr attribute="String" context="#stay" String="'" />
+      </context>
+
+END
+
+print <<END;
+      <context name="string_interp" attribute="String Interp" lineEndContext="#pop">
+          <HlCStringChar attribute="SpChar" context="#stay" />
+          <RegExpr attribute="String Interp" context="#pop" String="&quot;" />
+      </context>
+
+    </contexts>
+
+END
+
+print <<END;
+    <itemDatas>
+      <itemData name="Normal Text" defStyleNum="dsNormal" />
+      <itemData name="Op" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#000080" selColor="#ffffff" bold="0" italic="0" />
+      <itemData name="Special Directive" defStyleNum="dsKeyword" />
+      <itemData name="Type" defStyleNum="dsDataType" />
+      <itemData name="Comment" defStyleNum="dsComment" />
+      <itemData name="Octal" defStyleNum="dsBaseN" />
+      <itemData name="Hex" defStyleNum="dsBaseN" />
+      <itemData name="Float" defStyleNum="dsFloat" />
+      <itemData name="Int" defStyleNum="dsDecVal" />
+      <itemData name="Label" defStyleNum="dsKeyword" />
+      <itemData name="Register" defStyleNum="dsDecVal" />
+      <itemData name="TempRegister" defStyleNum="dsDecVal" />
+      <itemData name="String" defStyleNum="dsString" color="#FF6C6C" selColor="#FF6C6C" bold="0" italic="0" />
+      <itemData name="String Interp" defStyleNum="dsString" />
+      <itemData name="Identifier" defStyleNum="dsDataType" color="#C00000" selColor="#C00000" bold="0" italic="0" />
+      <itemData name="SpChar" defStyleNum="dsChar" />
+    </itemDatas>
+
+  </highlighting>
+
+END
+
+print <<END;
+  <general>
+
+    <comments>
+      <comment name="singleLine" start="#" />
+    </comments>
+
+    <keywords casesensitive="1" />
+
+  </general>
+
+</language>
+
+END