nano/syntax/default.nanorc

## This is an example of a default syntax.  The default syntax is used for
## files that do not match any other syntax.

syntax default
comment "#"

# Spaces in front of tabs.
color ,red " +	+"

# Nano's release motto, then name plus version.
color italic,lime "\<[Nn]ano [1-8]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]* "[^"]+""
color brightred "\<(GNU )?[Nn]ano [1-8]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]*\>"

# Dates
color latte "\<[12][0-9]{3}\.(0[1-9]|1[012])\.(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])\>"

# Email addresses.
color magenta "<[[:alnum:].%_+-]+@[[:alnum:].-]+\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}>"

# URLs.
color lightblue "\<https?://\S+\.\S+[^])>[:space:],.]"

# Bracketed captions in certain config files.
color brightgreen "^\[[^][]+\]$"

# Comments.
color cyan "^[[:blank:]]*#.*"

# Control codes.
color orange "[[:cntrl:]]"
syntaxes: uniformize the initial comment 2020-04-20 20:15:43 +03:00			`## This is an example of a default syntax. The default syntax is used for`
syntax: default: color also hash comments and email addresses 2017-05-19 20:57:45 +03:00			`## files that do not match any other syntax.`
Adding an example of a default syntax. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4904 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 2014-05-18 14:34:18 +04:00
syntaxes: remove quotes from each syntax name, and color it differently The different color will make the name stand out, as it should, instead of looking the same as all the regex strings. 2018-02-07 13:25:46 +03:00			`syntax default`
new feature: comment/uncomment current line or selected lines This allows for commenting or uncommenting a line or a bunch of lines with a single keystroke (default binding: M-3). The characters used for commenting/uncommenting are specified by the active syntax file. Reviewed-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Scalora <mike@scalora.org> 2016-05-25 23:13:50 +03:00			`comment "#"`
Adding an example of a default syntax. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4904 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 2014-05-18 14:34:18 +04:00
			`# Spaces in front of tabs.`
			`color ,red " + +"`

syntax: default: colorize dates, URLs, and nano's release motto And change the color for control codes, to be more visible. 2021-11-30 12:24:15 +03:00			`# Nano's release motto, then name plus version.`
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.0 release 2024-05-01 11:01:44 +03:00			`color italic,lime "\<[Nn]ano [1-8]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]* "[^"]+""`
			`color brightred "\<(GNU )?[Nn]ano [1-8]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]*\>"`
syntax: default: colorize dates, URLs, and nano's release motto And change the color for control codes, to be more visible. 2021-11-30 12:24:15 +03:00
			`# Dates`
			`color latte "\<[12][0-9]{3}\.(0[1-9]\|1[012])\.(0[1-9]\|[12][0-9]\|3[01])\>"`
syntax: default: color also hash comments and email addresses 2017-05-19 20:57:45 +03:00
			`# Email addresses.`
syntax: default: use colors that are readable also on dark backgrounds 2017-10-26 20:40:51 +03:00			`color magenta "<[[:alnum:].%_+-]+@[[:alnum:].-]+\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}>"`
syntax: default: colorize bracketed section headers in some config files 2019-08-14 10:18:51 +03:00
syntax: default: colorize dates, URLs, and nano's release motto And change the color for control codes, to be more visible. 2021-11-30 12:24:15 +03:00			`# URLs.`
syntax: default: do not colorize a square or angle bracket after a URL Sometimes a URL is wrapped in [] or <> brackets -- the closing ] or > is not part of the URL and should not be colored. 2022-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00			`color lightblue "\<https?://\S+\.\S+[^])>[:space:],.]"`
syntax: default: colorize dates, URLs, and nano's release motto And change the color for control codes, to be more visible. 2021-11-30 12:24:15 +03:00
syntax: default: colorize bracketed section headers in some config files 2019-08-14 10:18:51 +03:00			`# Bracketed captions in certain config files.`
syntax: default: don't colorize stuff between two pairs of brackets That is, don't allow another bracket between the opening and the closing bracket. 2019-10-25 13:21:35 +03:00			`color brightgreen "^\[[^][]+\]$"`
syntax: default: colorize embedded control codes 2020-06-20 14:47:32 +03:00
syntax: default: colorize comments as one of the last things So that URLs in comments don't get specially colored. 2021-12-10 14:32:17 +03:00			`# Comments.`
			`color cyan "^[[:blank:]]#."`

syntax: default: colorize embedded control codes 2020-06-20 14:47:32 +03:00			`# Control codes.`
syntax: default: colorize dates, URLs, and nano's release motto And change the color for control codes, to be more visible. 2021-11-30 12:24:15 +03:00			`color orange "[[:cntrl:]]"`