--- fortran.lang	2008-01-17 13:19:36.000000000 -0200
+++ fortran.lang.unpatched	2008-01-17 13:19:27.000000000 -0200
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
   <metadata>
     <property name="mimetypes">text/x-fortran</property>
     <property name="globs">*.f;*.f9[05];*.for</property>
-    <property name="line-comment-start">!</property>
-  </metadata>
+  </metadata> 
 
   <styles>
     <style id="comment" _name="Comment" map-to="def:comment"/>