## sample taken from here:
## http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/config_nano.htm
## xml color scheme from here:
## http://nas-tweaks.net/Syntax_Highlighting_with_nano_-_nanorc_for_xml

# Use auto-indentation 
set autoindent 
 
# Backup files to filename~ 
#set backup 
 
# Use cut to end of line with ^K by default 
set cut 
 
# Enable ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings. 
# set historylog 

# Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format 
set noconvert 
 
# Don't follow symlinks when writing files 
# set nofollow 
 
# Don't display the help lists at the bottom of the screen 
# set nohelp 
 
# Don't wrap text at all 
set nowrap 
 
# Use smooth scrolling as the default 
set smooth 
 
# Use this spelling checker instead of the internal one.  This option 
# does not properly have a default value. 
set speller "aspell -c" 
 
# Allow nano to be suspended with ^Z 
# set suspend 
 
# Use this tab size instead of the default; it must be greater than 0 
set tabsize 4 
 
# Save automatically on exit, don't prompt 
# set tempfile 
 
# Enable ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings. 
# set historylog 
 
# Disallow file modification, why would you want this in an rc file? ;) 
# set view 

#Color Syntax Highlighting 
syntax "c-file" "\.(c|h)$" 
color red "\[A-Z_]{2,}\\" 
color green "\(float|char|int|void|static|const|struct)\\" 
color brightyellow "\(if|while|do|else|case|switch)\\" 
color brightcyan "^#(  )*(define|include|ifn?def|endif|elif|else|if)" 
color brightyellow "<[^=       ]*>" ""(.|[^"])*"" 
color brightyellow start=""(\\.|[^\"])*\\( |   )*$" end="^(\\.|[^\"])*"" 
color brightblue "//.*" 
color brightblue start="/\*" end="\*/" 
 
syntax "HTML" "\.html$" 
color blue start="<" end=">" 
color red "&[^;        ]*;" 
 
syntax "TeX" "\.tex$" 
color green "\\.|\\[A-Za-z]*" 
color magenta "[{}]" 
color blue "%.*" 
 
syntax "mutt" 
color green "^>.*" 
 
syntax "php" ".*/*.php$" 
color brightwhite "\{|\}|\." 
color red "('[^']*')" 
color red "\"[^\"]*\"" 
color brightblue "(\$([[:alpha:]_]|->)*)" 
color brightgreen "((\$(([[:alpha:]_0-9])+\->)+)[[:alpha:]_0-9]+\()" 
color yellow " (if|else if|else|return|case|break)" 
color yellow "\|\||\?|!|\||&&|=|;|\(|\)" 
color red "false|true" 
color brightwhite "[[:space:]]+debug|[[:space:]]+echo|\$this\->debug" 
color cyan "//.*" 
color cyan start="/\*" end="\*/" 
 
syntax "groff" "\.ms$" "\.mm$" "\.me$" "\.tmac$" "^tmac." ".rof" 
color cyan "^\.ds [^ ]*" 
color cyan "^\.nr [^ ]*" 
color brightmagenta "\\." 
color brightmagenta "\\f." 
color brightmagenta "\\f\(.." 
color brightmagenta "\\s(\+|\-)?[0-9]" 
color cyan "(\\|\\\\)n." 
color cyan "(\\|\\\\)n\(.." 
color cyan start="(\\|\\\\)n\[" end="]" 
color brightgreen "^\. *[^ ]*" 
color yellow "^\.\\\".*$" 
color green "(\\|\\\\)\*." 
color green "(\\|\\\\)\*\(.." 
color green start="(\\|\\\\)\*\[" end="]" 
color brightred "\\\(.." 
color brightred start="\\\[" end="]" 
color brightcyan "\\\\\$[1-9]" 
 
syntax "perl" "\.p[lm]$" 
color red "\(accept|alarm|atan2|bin(d|mode)|c(aller|h(dir|mod|op|own|root)|lose(dir)?|onnect|os|rypt)|d(bm(close|open)|efined|elete|ie|o|ump)|e(ach|of|val|x(ec|ists|it|p))|f(cntl|ileno|lock|ork)|get(c|login|peername|pgrp|ppid|priority|pwnam|(host|net|proto|serv)byname|pwuid|grgid|(host|net)byaddr|protobynumber|servbyport)|([gs]et|end)(pw|gr|host|net|proto|serv)ent|getsock(name|opt)|gmtime|goto|grep|hex|index|int|ioctl|join|keys|kill|last|length|link|listen|local(time)?|log|lstat|m|mkdir|msg(ctl|get|snd|rcv)|next|oct|open(dir)?|ord|pack|pipe|pop|printf?|push|q|qq|qx|rand|re(ad(dir|link)?|cv|do|name|quire|set|turn|verse|winddir)|rindex|rmdir|s|scalar|seek|seekdir|se(lect|mctl|mget|mop|nd|tpgrp|tpriority|tsockopt)|shift|shm(ctl|get|read|write)|shutdown|sin|sleep|socket(pair)?|sort|spli(ce|t)|sprintf|sqrt|srand|stat|study|substr|symlink|sys(call|read|tem|write)|tell(dir)?|time|tr|y|truncate|umask|un(def|link|pack|shift)|utime|values|vec|wait(pid)?|wantarray|warn|write)\\" 
color magenta "\(continue|else|elsif|do|for|foreach|if|unless|until|while|eq|ne|lt|gt|le|ge|cmp|x|my|sub|use|package|can|isa)\\" 
color cyan start="[$@%]" end="( |\\W|-)" 
color yellow "".*"|qq\|.*\|" 
color white "[sm]/.*/" 
color white start="(^use| = new)" end=";" 
color green "#.*" 
color yellow start="<< 'STOP'" end="STOP" 
 
syntax "Java source" "\.java$" 
color green "\(boolean|byte|char|double|float|int|long|new|short|this|transient|void)\\" 
color red "\(break|case|catch|continue|default|do|else|finally|for|if|return|switch|throw|try|while)\\" 
color cyan "\(abstract|class|extends|final|implements|import|instanceof|interface|native|package|private|protected|public|static|strictfp|super|synchronized|throws|volatile)\\" 
color red ""[^"]*"" 
color yellow "<(true|false|null)>" 
color blue "//.*" 
color blue start="/\*" end="\*/" 
color brightblue start="/\*\*" end="\*/" 
color green,green "[       ]+$" 
 
syntax "nanorc" "[\.]*nanorc$" 
color white "^ *(set|unset).*$" 
color cyan "^ *(set|unset) (autoindent|backup|const|cut|fill|keypad|multibuffer|noconvert|nofollow|nohelp|nowrap|operatingdir|preserve|quotestr|regexp|smooth|speller|suspend|tabsize|tempfile|historylog|view)" 
color brightwhite "^ *syntax [^ ]*" 
color brightblue "^ *set\\" "^ *unset\\" "^ *syntax\\" 
color white "^ *color\.*" 
color yellow "^ *color (bright)?(white|black|red|blue|green|yellow|magenta|cyan)\\" 
color magenta "^ *color\\" 
color green "^#.*$" 
 
syntax "bash" "\.sh$" 
color brightblack "#.*" 
color brightyellow "\(" "\)" "\{" "\}" 
color red "\[A-Z_]{2,}\\" 
color red "[\$\*\'\`\|\=]" 
color brightblue "\[.*\]" 
color green "\-e\\" "\-d\\" "\-f\\" "\-r\\" "\-g\\" "\-u\\" "\-u\\" "\-w\\" "\-x\\" "\-L\\" 
color green "\-eq\\" "\-ne\\" "\-gt\\" "\-lt\\" "\-ge\\" "\-le\\" "\-s\\" "\-n\\" "\-z\\" 
color blue "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" 
color blue "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" "\\" 
color brightwhite "\.*"

syntax "ml" ".*\.([jrs]?html?|xml|sgml?|lhtml|opml|kdevelop|vcproj|glade|xsd|plist|gcs|dtd|dcl)$" "catalog$" "docbook"
color white "^.+$"
color green  start="<" end=">"
color cyan   "<[^> ]+"
color cyan   ">"
color yellow start=""
color yellow start=""
color red    "&[^;]*;"