## Here is an example for C/C++. ## syntax "clike" "\.(m|pch)$" color brightred "\<[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\>" color green "\<(float|double|bool|char|int|short|long|sizeof|enum|void|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|(un)?signed|inline)\>" color green "\<((s?size)|((u_?)?int(8|16|32|64|ptr)))_t\>" color green "\<(class|namespace|template|public|protected|private|typename|this|friend|virtual|using|mutable|volatile|register|explicit)\>" color brightyellow "\<(for|if|while|do|else|case|default|switch)\>" color brightyellow "\<(try|throw|catch|operator|new|delete)\>" color magenta "\<(goto|continue|break|return)\>" color brightcyan "^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*(define|include|(un|ifn?)def|endif|el(if|se)|if|warning|error)" color brightmagenta "'([^'\]|(\\["'abfnrtv\\]))'" "'\\(([0-3]?[0-7]{1,2}))'" "'\\x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}'" ## ## GCC builtins color cyan "__attribute__[[:space:]]*\(\([^)]*\)\)" "__(aligned|asm|builtin|hidden|inline|packed|restrict|section|typeof|weak)__" ## ## String highlighting. You will in general want your comments and ## strings to come last, because syntax highlighting rules will be ## applied in the order they are read in. color brightyellow "<[^= ]*>" ""(\\.|[^"])*"" ## ## This string is VERY resource intensive! color brightyellow start=""(\\.|[^"])*\\[[:space:]]*$" end="^(\\.|[^"])*"" ## Comment highlighting color brightblue "//.*" color brightblue start="/\*" end="\*/"