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+"============================================================================
+"File:        elixir.vim
+"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
+"Maintainer:  Richard Ramsden <rramsden at gmail dot com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"
+"============================================================================
+if exists("loaded_elixir_syntax_checker")
+    finish
+endif
+let loaded_elixir_syntax_checker = 1
+
+if !executable('elixir')
+  finish
+endif
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_elixir_GetLocList()
+  let makeprg = 'elixir ' . shellescape(expand('%'))
+  let errorformat = '** %*[^\ ] %f:%l: %m'
+
+  let elixir_results = SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat })
+
+  if !empty(elixir_results)
+    return elixir_results
+  endif
+endfunction