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-" Vim plugin for downloading spell files
-" Maintainer:  Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change: 2006 Feb 01
-
-" Exit quickly when:
-" - this plugin was already loaded
-" - when 'compatible' is set
-" - some autocommands are already taking care of spell files
-if exists("loaded_spellfile_plugin") || &cp || exists("#SpellFileMissing")
-  finish
-endif
-let loaded_spellfile_plugin = 1
-
-" The function is in the autoload directory.
-autocmd SpellFileMissing * call spellfile#LoadFile(expand('<amatch>'))