diff --git a/utils/get_snipmate_snippets.py b/utils/get_snipmate_snippets.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+"""
+	Convert snipmate compatible snippets to UltiSnips compatible snippets
+	by Phillip Berndt
+"""
+import sys
+import re
+import os
+
+def global_code_as_required(content):
+	" Return some global code for the resulting snippet. Only python support here.. "
+	if "`!p snip.rv = Filename" in content:
+		return "import os\n" + \
+		"""def Filename(fn, *args):
+			filename = os.path.splitext(fn)[0]
+			if filename == "":
+				return args[1] if len(args) == 2 else ""
+			return filename if len(args) == 0 or args[0] == "" else args[1].replace("$1", filename)
+		"""
+
+def convert_snippet_contents(content):
+	" If the snippet contains snipmate style substitutions, convert them to ultisnips style "
+	content = re.sub("`\s*Filename\(", "`!p snip.rv = Filename(fn, ", content)
+	content = re.sub("`(?!!)([^`]+`)", "`!v \g<1>", content)
+	return content
+
+def convert_snippet_file(source):
+	" One file per filetype "
+	retval = ""
+	state = 0
+	for line in open(source).readlines():
+		# Ignore empty lines
+		if line.strip() == "":
+			continue
+		# The rest of the handlig is stateful
+		if state == 0:
+			# Find snippet start
+			if line[:8] == "snippet ":
+				snippet_info = re.match("(\S+)\s*(.*)", line[8:])
+				if not snippet_info:
+					print >> sys.stderr, "Warning: Malformed snippet\n %s\n" % line
+					continue
+				retval += 'snippet %s "%s"' % (snippet_info.group(1), snippet_info.group(2) if snippet_info.group(2) else snippet_info.group(1)) + "\n"
+				state = 1
+				snippet = ""
+		elif state == 1:
+			# First line of snippet: Get indentation
+			whitespace = re.search("^\s+", line)
+			if not whitespace:
+				print >> sys.stderr, "Warning: Malformed snippet, content not indented.\n"
+				retval += "endsnippet\n\n"
+				state = 0
+			else:
+				whitespace = whitespace.group(0)
+				snippet += line[len(whitespace):]
+				state = 2
+		elif state == 2:
+			# In snippet: Check if indentation level is the same. If not, snippet has ended
+			if line[:len(whitespace)] != whitespace:
+				retval += convert_snippet_contents(snippet) + "endsnippet\n\n"
+				state = 0
+			else:
+				snippet += line[len(whitespace):]
+	if state == 2:
+		retval += convert_snippet_contents(snippet) + "endsnippet\n\n"
+	return retval
+	
+def convert_snippet(source):
+	" One file per snippet "
+	name = os.path.basename(source)[:-8]
+	return 'snippet %s "%s"' % (name, name) + "\n" + \
+		convert_snippet_contents(open(source).read()) + \
+		"\nendsnippet\n"
+	
+def convert_snippets(source):
+	if os.path.isdir(source):
+		return "\n".join((convert_snippet(os.path.join(source, x)) for x in os.listdir(source) if x[-8:] == ".snippet"))
+	else:
+		return convert_snippet_file(source)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	if len(sys.argv) not in (3, 2):
+		print >> sys.stderr, "Syntax: get_snipmate_snippets.py <source directory or file> [target file]"
+		print >> sys.stderr
+		sys.exit(1)
+	if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+		source = sys.argv[1]
+		target = sys.stdout
+	else:
+		source, target = sys.argv[1:]
+		target = open(target, "w")
+
+	snippets = convert_snippets(source)
+	global_code = global_code_as_required(snippets)
+	if global_code:
+		print >> target, "global !p\n%s\nendglobal\n" % global_code
+	print >> target, snippets