## Here is an example for Elixir.
##
syntax "Elixir" "\.ex$" "\.exs$"
header "^#!.*/(env +)?elixir( |$)"

## reserved words
color yellow "\<(case|cond|true|if|false|nil|when|and|or|not|in|fn|do|end|catch|rescue|after|else|with)\>"
color yellow "def[a-z]*"

## Constants
color brightblue "@[a-z]+"

## Elixir atoms
color magenta ":[0-9a-z_]+"

## Elixir Modules
color magenta "[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*"

## Elixir types
color red "[A-Z][A-Za-z]+\.t\(\)"

## Some unique things we want to stand out
color brightyellow "\<(__CALLER__|__DIR__|__ENV__|__MODULE__|__STACKTRACE__)\>"
color brightyellow "\<(__add__|__aliases__|__build__|__block__|__deriving__|__info__|__protocol__|__struct__|__using__)\>"

## sigils
color brightmagenta "~[a-z]\/([^\/])*\/[a-z]*" "~[a-z]\|([^\|])*\|[a-z]*" "~[a-z]\"([^\"])*\"[a-z]*" "~[a-z]\'([^\'])*\'[a-z]*" "~[a-z]\(([^\(\)])*\)[a-z]*" "~[a-z]\[([^\[\]])*\][a-z]*" "~[a-z]\{([^\{\}])*\}[a-z]*" "~[a-z]\<([^\<\>])*\>[a-z]*" 

## Strings, double-quoted
color green ""([^"]|(\\"))*""

## Expression substitution.  These go inside double-quoted strings,
## "like #{this}".
color brightgreen "#\{[^}]*\}"

## Strings, single-quoted
color green "'([^']|(\\'))*'"

## Comments
color cyan "#.*$" "#$"
color brightcyan "##.*$" "##$"

## "Here" docs
color green start="\"\"\"" end="\"\"\""

## Some common markers
color brightcyan "(XXX|TODO|FIXME|\?\?\?)"

## Trailing spaces
color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"