diff --git a/jrnl.nanorc b/jrnl.nanorc
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@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+## Syntax highlighting for Jrnl/Markdown files.
+
+## Original authors:  Ryan Westlund and Benno Schulenberg
+## Copy and modified:  Bruce DuPlanty
+## License:  GPL version 3 or newer
+
+syntax "jrnl" "\.(jrnl)$"
+# @tag +tag #tag
+color brightgreen "\+{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_!:\-\.]*"
+color brightgreen "@{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_!:\-\.]*"
+#color brightgreen "(@+[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.\=\!\:(_)]{1,})"
+#color brightgreen "(\++[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.\=\!\:(_)]{1,})"
+color brightred "#{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_!:\-\.]*"
+
+# Tables (Github extension)
+color cyan ".*[ :]\|[ :].*"
+
+# quotes
+color brightblack  start="^>" end="^$"
+color brightblack  "^>.*"
+
+# Emphasis
+color green "(^|[[:space:]])(_[^ ][^_]*_|\*[^ ][^*]*\*)"
+
+# Strong emphasis
+color brightgreen "(^|[[:space:]])(__[^ ][^_]*__|\*\*[^ ][^*]*\*\*)"
+
+# strike-through
+color red "(^|[[:space:]])~~[^ ][^~]*~~"
+
+# horizontal rules
+color brightmagenta "^(---+|===+|___+|\*\*\*+)\s*$"
+
+# headlines
+# color brightwhite "^#{1,6} .*"
+# for jrnl files whhere MD Headings maty be embedded
+color brightwhite "#{1,6} .*"
+
+# lists
+color orange   "^[[:space:]]*[\*+-] |^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\. "
+
+# leading whitespace
+color black    "^[[:space:]]+"
+
+# misc
+color magenta   "\(([CcRr]|[Tt][Mm])\)" "\.{3}" "(^|[[:space:]])\-\-($|[[:space:]])"
+
+# links
+color brightblue "\[[^]]+\]"
+color brightblue "\[([^][]|\[[^]]*\])*\]\([^)]+\)"
+
+# images
+color magenta "!\[[^][]*\](\([^)]+\)|\[[^]]+\])"
+
+# urls
+color brightyellow "https?://[^ )>]+"
+
+# code
+color yellow   "`[^`]*`|^ {4}[^-+*].*"
+
+# code blocks
+color yellow start="^```[^$]" end="^```$"
+color yellow "^```$"
+
+# Trailing spaces
+color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"
diff --git a/markdown.nanorc b/markdown.nanorc
index 448a396..a290dee 100644
--- a/markdown.nanorc
+++ b/markdown.nanorc
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 syntax "Markdown" "\.(md|mkd|mkdn|markdown)$"
 
+# @tag +tag #tag
+color brightgreen "\+{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_!:\-\.]*"
+color brightgreen "@{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_!:\-\.]*"
+color brightred "#{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_!:\-\.]*"
+
 # Tables (Github extension)
 color cyan ".*[ :]\|[ :].*"
 
@@ -20,10 +25,10 @@ color red "(^|[[:space:]])~~[^ ][^~]*~~"
 color brightmagenta "^(---+|===+|___+|\*\*\*+)\s*$"
 
 # headlines
-color brightmagenta  "^#{1,6}.*"
+color brightwhite "^#{1,6} .*"
 
 # lists
-color blue   "^[[:space:]]*[\*+-] |^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\. "
+color orange   "^[[:space:]]*[\*+-] |^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\. "
 
 # leading whitespace
 color black    "^[[:space:]]+"
@@ -43,9 +48,10 @@ color brightyellow "https?://[^ )>]+"
 
 # code
 color yellow   "`[^`]*`|^ {4}[^-+*].*"
+
 # code blocks
 color yellow start="^```[^$]" end="^```$"
 color yellow "^```$"
 
 ## Trailing spaces
-color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"
+color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"
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