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+Taskpaper major mode for emacs.
+
+   Put taskpaper.el file somewhere (for instance in ~/emacs.d/taskpaper.el)
+   In .emacs, add: 
+      (load-file "~/taskpaper.el/taskpaper.el")
+      (require 'taskpaper-mode)
+   Load taskpaper-mode when you are in a buffer editing a taskpaper textfile
+
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+(defvar taskpaper-mode-map nil "Keymap for taskpaper-mode")
+(when (not taskpaper-mode-map)
+  (setq taskpaper-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
+  (define-key taskpaper-mode-map (kbd "<S-return>") 'taskpaper-focus-project)
+  )
+
+(setq tpKeywords
+ '(
+   (".*@done.*" . font-lock-comment-face)
+   (".*:$" . font-lock-function-name-face)
+   ("^ *[^- ].*[^:]$" . font-lock-comment-face)
+   ("@.*" . font-lock-variable-name-face)
+
+  )
+)
+(defun taskpaper-mode ()
+  "Major mode for editing taskpaper styled files."
+  (interactive)
+  (kill-all-local-variables)
+
+  (setq major-mode 'taskpaper-mode)
+  (setq mode-name "Taskpaper") ; for display purposes in mode line
+  (use-local-map taskpaper-mode-map)
+
+  (setq font-lock-defaults '(tpKeywords))
+  
+
+  (toggle-truncate-lines t)
+  
+  ;; ... other code here
+
+  (run-hooks 'taskpaper-mode-hook))
+
+(provide 'taskpaper-mode)
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