## Here is an example for C/C++.
##
syntax "C" "\.(c(c|pp|xx)?|C)$" "\.(h(h|pp|xx)?|H)$" "\.ii?$" "\.(def)$"
-color brightred "\b[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\b"
-color green "\b(float|double|bool|char|int|short|long|sizeof|enum|void|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|(un)?signed|inline)\b"
-color green "\b((s?size)|((u_?)?int(8|16|32|64|ptr)))_t\b"
-color green "\b(class|namespace|template|public|protected|private|typename|this|friend|virtual|using|mutable|volatile|register|explicit)\b"
-color green "\b(for|if|while|do|else|case|default|switch)\b"
-color green "\b(try|throw|catch|operator|new|delete)\b"
-color brightmagenta "\b(goto|continue|break|return)\b"
-color brightcyan "^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*(define|include|(un|ifn?)def|endif|el(if|se)|if|warning|error)"
+color identifier "\b[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\b"
+color type "\b(float|double|bool|char|int|short|long|sizeof|enum|void|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|(un)?signed|inline)\b"
+color type "\b((s?size)|((u_?)?int(8|16|32|64|ptr)))_t\b"
+color statement "\b(class|namespace|template|public|protected|private|typename|this|friend|virtual|using|mutable|volatile|register|explicit)\b"
+color statement "\b(for|if|while|do|else|case|default|switch)\b"
+color statement "\b(try|throw|catch|operator|new|delete)\b"
+color statement "\b(goto|continue|break|return)\b"
+color preproc "^[[: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 green "__attribute__[[:space:]]*\(\([^)]*\)\)" "__(aligned|asm|builtin|hidden|inline|packed|restrict|section|typeof|weak)__"
+color statement "__attribute__[[:space:]]*\(\([^)]*\)\)" "__(aligned|asm|builtin|hidden|inline|packed|restrict|section|typeof|weak)__"
#Operator Color
-color yellow "[.:;,+*|=!\%]" "<" ">" "/" "-" "&"
+color statement "[.:;,+*|=!\%]" "<" ">" "/" "-" "&"
#Parenthetical Color
-color magenta "[(){}]" "\[" "\]"
+# color magenta "[(){}]" "\[" "\]"
##
-## String highlighting. You will in general want your comments and
+## String highlighting. You will in general want your brightblacks and
## strings to come last, because syntax highlighting rules will be
## applied in the order they are read in.
-color cyan ""(\\.|[^"])*""
+color constant ""(\\.|[^"])*""
##
## This string is VERY resource intensive!
-#color cyan "(?s)"(\\.|[^"])*\\[[:space:]]*$.*?^(\\.|[^"])*""
+#color cyan (s) ""(\\.|[^"])*\\[[:space:]]*$.*?^(\\.|[^"])*""
## Comment highlighting
-color brightblue "//.*"
-color brightblue "(?s)/\*.*?\*/"
+color comment "//.*"
+color comment (s) "/\*.*?\*/"
## Trailing whitespace
#color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"