--- /usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/latex.xml	2012-07-30 11:13:00.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/mdunphy/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/latex.xml	2013-07-31 11:26:59.915343151 -0400
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
         <RegExpr String="(verbatim|boxedverbatim)" attribute="Environment" context="VerbatimEnv"/>
         <RegExpr String="comment" attribute="Environment" context="CommentEnv"/>
         <RegExpr String="(alignat|xalignat|xxalignat)" attribute="Environment" context="MathEnvParam"/>
-        <RegExpr String="(equation|displaymath|eqnarray|subeqnarray|math|multline|gather|align|flalign|IEEEeqnarray|IEEEeqnarraybox|smallmatrix|pmatrix|bmatrix|Bmatrix|vmatrix|Vmatrix)" attribute="Environment" context="MathEnv"/>
+        <RegExpr String="(equation|displaymath|eqnarray|subeqnarray|math|multline|gather|align|flalign|IEEEeqnarray|IEEEeqnarraybox|smallmatrix|pmatrix|bmatrix|Bmatrix|vmatrix|Vmatrix|cases)" attribute="Environment" context="MathEnv"/>
         <RegExpr String="(tabularx|tabular|supertabular|mpsupertabular|xtabular|mpxtabular|longtable)" attribute="Environment" context="TabEnv"/>
         <DetectChar char="&#xd7;" attribute="Bullet" context="#stay"/>
         <RegExpr String="[a-zA-Z]" attribute="Environment" context="LatexEnv"/>
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
       <!-- end of math environment -->
       <context name="MathFindEnd" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#pop" fallthrough="true" fallthroughContext="#pop">
         <RegExpr String="\s*\{" attribute="Normal Text" context="#stay"/>
-        <RegExpr String="(equation|displaymath|eqnarray|subeqnarray|math|multline|gather|align|flalign|alignat|xalignat|xxalignat|IEEEeqnarray|IEEEeqnarraybox|smallmatrix|pmatrix|bmatrix|Bmatrix|vmatrix|Vmatrix)\*?" attribute="Environment" context="#stay"/>
+        <RegExpr String="(equation|displaymath|eqnarray|subeqnarray|math|multline|gather|align|flalign|alignat|xalignat|xxalignat|IEEEeqnarray|IEEEeqnarraybox|smallmatrix|pmatrix|bmatrix|Bmatrix|vmatrix|Vmatrix|cases)\*?" attribute="Environment" context="#stay"/>
         <DetectChar char="}" attribute="Normal Text" context="#pop#pop#pop#pop#pop"  endRegion="block"/>
       </context>