smol/doc/syntax/elisp.nanorc

## Here is an example for Emacs Lisp.

syntax "elisp" "\.el$"
comment ";"

# Basic functions/macros
color brightcyan "\<(if|when|unless|cond|and|or|lambda|let|progn|while|dolist|dotimes)\>"
color brightcyan "\<save-((window-)?excursion|restriction)\>"
color brightcyan "\<eval-(and|when)-compile\>"
# Defining functions
color brightcyan "\<def(un|macro|subst|generic|alias)\>"
color brightcyan "\<cl-def(un|macro|subst|generic|struct|type)\>"
color brightcyan "\<define-(derived|minor|generic)-mode\>"
# Defining variables
color brightcyan "\<def(class|const|var(-local|alias)?)\>"
# Customization functions
color brightcyan "\<def(custom|face|group|theme)\>"
# Setting values
color brightcyan "\<(setq(-default|-local)?|setf|push|pop|declare(-function)?)\>"
# Feature functions
color brightcyan "\<(require|provide)\>"
# Quoted symbols
color brightyellow "#?'\<(\w|-)+\>"
# Booleans
color brightred "\<(t|nil)\>"
# Keywords
color blue ":(\w|[?-])+"
# Strings
color yellow start="^[[:blank:]]+\"" end="[^\]\""
color yellow ""(\\.|[^"])*""
# Comments
color cyan "(^|[[:space:]]);.*$"