## Here is an example for C/C++/Obj-C.

syntax m "\.m$"
magic "Objective-C source"
comment "//"

# Stuffs,
color brightwhite "\<[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\>"
color green "\<(float|double|BOOL|bool|char|int|short|long|id|sizeof|enum|void|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|(un)?signed|inline)\>"
color green "\<[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*_t\>"
color green "\<(class|namespace|template|public|protected|private|typename|this|friend|virtual|using|mutable|volatile|register|explicit)\>"
color brightgreen "\<(for|if|while|do|else|case|default|switch)\>"
color brightgreen "\<(try|throw|catch|operator|new|delete)\>"
color brightgreen "\<(goto|continue|break|return)\>"
color brightgreen "@(encode|end|implementation|interface)|selector)\>"

# GCC builtins.
color cyan "__attribute__[[:space:]]*\(\([^)]*\)\)" "__(aligned|asm|builtin|hidden|inline|packed|restrict|section|typeof|weak)__"

# Selector/method.
color brightmagenta "(^|[[:space:]])\[.*[[:space:]].*\]"
color white ":[[:alnum:]]*"
color magenta "[[:alnum:]]*:"
color white "\[[^][:space:]]*\]"

# Strings.
color brightblack "'([^'\]|(\\["'abfnrtv\\]))'" "'\\(([0-3]?[0-7]{1,2}))'" "'\\x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}'"
color brightblack "<[^= 	]*>" ""(\\.|[^"])*""
color brightblue "@"(\\.|[^"])*""
# Multiline strings.  This regex is VERY resource intensive,
# and sometimes colours things that shouldn't be coloured.
###color brightyellow start=""(\\.|[^"])*\\[[:space:]]*$" end="^(\\.|[^"])*""

# Preprocessor commands.
color brightblue "^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*(define|include|import|(un|ifn?)def|endif|el(if|se)|if|warning|error)"

# Comments.
color yellow "//.*"
color yellow start="/\*" end="\*/"

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