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+## Here is an example for nanorc files.
+##
+syntax "Nanorc" "\.?nanorc$"
+comment "#"
+
+## Possible errors and parameters
+icolor brightred "^[[:space:]]*((un)?set|include|syntax|i?color).*$"
+## Colors
+icolor black " black"
+icolor red " red"
+icolor green " green"
+icolor yellow " yellow"
+icolor blue " blue"
+icolor magenta " magenta"
+icolor cyan " cyan"
+icolor white " white"
+icolor normal " normal"
+icolor brightblack " brightblack"
+icolor brightred " brightred"
+icolor brightgreen " brightgreen"
+icolor brightyellow " brightyellow"
+icolor brightblue " brightblue"
+icolor brightmagenta " brightmagenta"
+icolor brightcyan " brightcyan"
+icolor brightwhite " brightwhite"
+icolor ,black ",black"
+icolor ,red ",red"
+icolor ,green ",green"
+icolor ,yellow ",yellow"
+icolor ,blue ",blue"
+icolor ,magenta ",magenta"
+icolor ,cyan ",cyan"
+icolor ,white ",white"
+icolor ,normal ",normal"
+icolor ,brightblack ",brightblack"
+icolor ,brightred ",brightred"
+icolor ,brightgreen ",brightgreen"
+icolor ,brightyellow ",brightyellow"
+icolor ,brightblue ",brightblue"
+icolor ,brightmagenta ",brightmagenta"
+icolor ,brightcyan ",brightcyan"
+icolor ,brightwhite ",brightwhite"
+
+icolor magenta "^[[:space:]]*i?color\>" "\<(start|end)="
+#icolor yellow "^[[:space:]]*(set|unset)[[:space:]]+(errorcolor|functioncolor|keycolor|numbercolor|selectedcolor|statuscolor|stripecolor|titlecolor)[[:space:]]+(bright)?(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan|normal)?(,(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan|normal))?\>"
+
+## Keywords
+icolor brightgreen "^[[:space:]]*(set|unset)[[:space:]]+(afterends|allow_insecure_backup|atblanks|autoindent|backup|backupdir|boldtext|brackets|breaklonglines|casesensitive|constantshow|cutfromcursor|emptyline|errorcolor|fill|functioncolor|guidestripe|historylog|jumpyscrolling|keycolor|linenumbers|locking|matchbrackets|minibar|morespace|mouse|multibuffer|noconvert|nohelp|nonewlines|nopauses|nowrap|numbercolor|operatingdir|positionlog|preserve|punct|quickblank|quotestr|rawsequences|rebinddelete|regexp|selectedcolor|showcursor|smarthome|smooth|softwrap|speller|statuscolor|stripecolor|suspend|tabsize|tabstospaces|tempfile|titlecolor|trimblanks|unix|view|whitespace|wordbounds|wordchars|zap|promptcolor|spotlightcolor|scrollercolor|stateflags|indicator)\>"
+icolor green "^[[:space:]]*(bind|set|unset|syntax|header|include|magic|extendsyntax)\>"
+## Strings
+icolor white ""(\\.|[^"])*""
+## Comments
+icolor brightblue "^[[:space:]]*#.*$"
+icolor cyan "^[[:space:]]*##.*$"
+
+## Trailing whitespace
+icolor ,green "[[:space:]]+$"