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+" Override the pandoc-syntax highlighting colors for more subtle citations
+hi! link pandocPCite Comment
+hi! link pandocICite Comment
+hi! link pandocCiteKey Comment
+hi! link pandocCiteAnchor Comment
+hi! link pandocCiteLocator Comment
+
+" Match cloze delimiters e.g. `{{c1::` and `}}`
+syn match ClozeDelimiter /{{c\d::/ conceal containedin=pandocUListItem,pandocListItem
+syn match ClozeDelimiter /}}/ conceal containedin=pandocUListItem,pandocListItem
+" Match text between cloze delimiters
+syn match Cloze /\({{c\d\+::\)\@<=\([A-Za-z0-9$\ \\\-\*]*\)\(}}\)\@=/ containedin=pandocUListItem,pandocListItem
+
+hi! link Cloze Comment