## Here is an example for Python.
##
syntax "Python" "\.py$"
header "^#!.*/(env +)?python( |$)"

## built-in objects
color constant "\b(None|self|True|False)\b"
## built-in attributes
color constant "\b(__builtin__|__dict__|__methods__|__members__|__class__|__bases__|__import__|__name__|__doc__|__self__|__debug__)\b"
## built-in functions
color identifier "\b(abs|append|apply|buffer|callable|chr|clear|close|closed|cmp|coerce|compile|complex|conjugate|copy|count|delattr|dir|divmod|eval|execfile|extend|fileno|filter|float|flush|get|getattr|globals|has_key|hasattr|hash|hex|id|index|input|insert|int|intern|isatty|isinstance|issubclass|items|keys|len|list|locals|long|map|max|min|mode|name|oct|open|ord|pop|pow|range|raw_input|read|readline|readlines|reduce|reload|remove|repr|reverse|round|seek|setattr|slice|softspace|sort|str|tell|truncate|tuple|type|unichr|unicode|update|values|vars|write|writelines|xrange|zip)\b"
## special method names
color identifier "\b(__abs__|__add__|__and__|__call__|__cmp__|__coerce__|__complex__|__concat__|__contains__|__del__|__delattr__|__delitem__|__delslice__|__div__|__divmod__|__float__|__getattr__|__getitem__|__getslice__|__hash__|__hex__|__init__|__int__|__inv__|__invert__|__len__|__long__|__lshift__|__mod__|__mul__|__neg__|__nonzero__|__oct__|__or__|__pos__|__pow__|__radd__|__rand__|__rcmp__|__rdiv__|__rdivmod__|__repeat__|__repr__|__rlshift__|__rmod__|__rmul__|__ror__|__rpow__|__rrshift__|__rshift__|__rsub__|__rxor__|__setattr__|__setitem__|__setslice__|__str__|__sub__|__xor__)\b"
## exception classes
# color cyan "\b(Exception|StandardError|ArithmeticError|LookupError|EnvironmentError|AssertionError|AttributeError|EOFError|FloatingPointError|IOError|ImportError|IndexError|KeyError|KeyboardInterrupt|MemoryError|NameError|NotImplementedError|OSError|OverflowError|RuntimeError|SyntaxError|SystemError|SystemExit|TypeError|UnboundLocalError|UnicodeError|ValueError|WindowsError|ZeroDivisionError)\b"
## types
color type "\b(NoneType|TypeType|IntType|LongType|FloatType|ComplexType|StringType|UnicodeType|BufferType|TupleType|ListType|DictType|FunctionType|LambdaType|CodeType|ClassType|UnboundMethodType|InstanceType|MethodType|BuiltinFunctionType|BuiltinMethodType|ModuleType|FileType|XRangeType|TracebackType|FrameType|SliceType|EllipsisType)\b"
## definitions
color identifier "def [a-zA-Z_0-9]+" 
## keywords
color statement "\b(and|as|assert|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|exec|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|map|not|or|pass|print|raise|return|try|with|while|yield)\b" 

## decorators
color brightgreen "@.*[(]"

## operators
color statement "[.:;,+*|=!\%@]" "<" ">" "/" "-" "&"

## parentheses
color statement "[(){}]" "\[" "\]"

## numbers
color constant "\b[0-9]+\b"

## strings
color constant "['][^']*[^\\][']" "[']{3}.*[^\\][']{3}"
color constant "["][^"]*[^\\]["]" "["]{3}.*[^\\]["]{3}"

## brightblacks
color comment "#.*$"

## block brightblacks
color comment (s) """"([^"]|$).*?"""" (s) "'''([^']|$).*?'''"
#color cyan (s) """"[^"].*?"""" (s) "'''[^'].*?'''"
#color cyan (s) "([[:space:]]"""|^""").*?"""" (s) "'''[^'].*?'''"
#color cyan (s) """".*?"""" (s) "'''.*?'''"
#color cyan (s) "("""[^"]|[^"]""").*?("""[^"]|[^"]""")" (s) "'''[^'].*?'''"
#color cyan (s) "\"\"\".*?\"\"\""