## Here is an example for C/C++. ## syntax "C" "\.(c(c|pp|xx)?|C)$" "\.(h(h|pp|xx)?|H)$" "\.ii?$" "\.(def)$" color red "\<[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\>" color green "\<(float|double|bool|char|wchar_t|int|short|long|sizeof|enum|void|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|(un)?signed|inline)\>" color green "\<((s?size)|(char(16|32))|((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 green "\<(for|if|while|do|else|case|default|switch)\>" color green "\<(try|throw|catch|operator|new|delete)\>" color green "\<((const|dynamic|reinterpret|static)_cast)\>" color green "\<(alignas|alignof|asm|auto|compl|concept|constexpr|decltype|export|noexcept|nullptr|requires|static_assert|thread_local|typeid|override|final)\>" color green "\<(and|and_eq|bitand|bitor|not|not_eq|or|or_eq|xor|xor_eq)\>" color magenta "\<(goto|continue|break|return)\>" color cyan "^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*(define|include|(un|ifn?)def|endif|el(if|se)|if|warning|error)" color magenta "'([^'\]|(\\["'abfnrtv\\]))'" "'\\(([0-3]?[0-7]{1,2}))'" "'\\x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}'" ## ## GCC builtins color green "__attribute__[[:space:]]*\(\([^)]*\)\)" "__(aligned|asm|builtin|hidden|inline|packed|restrict|section|typeof|weak)__" #Operator Color color yellow "[.:;,+*|=!\%]" "<" ">" "/" "-" "&" #Parenthetical Color color magenta "[(){}]" "\[" "\]" ## ## 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 cyan "<[^= ]*>" ""(\\.|[^"])*"" ## ## This string is VERY resource intensive! #color cyan start=""(\\.|[^"])*\\[[:space:]]*$" end="^(\\.|[^"])*"" ## Comment highlighting color blue "//.*" color blue start="/\*" end="\*/" ## Trailing whitespace color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"