## Here is an example for Python.
## GNU Nano 2.2.6 or higher syntax definition of Python files, using regexp.
##
## (C) 02/2013 Lilian Besson (lilian DOT besson AT normale DOT fr)
## Last version : http://besson.qc.to/NanoSyntax/python.nanorc
##
syntax "python" "\.py$"
header "^#!.*/python[-0-9._]*"
## Method application
color white "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+"
## Definition of values and classes
icolor brightblue "def [0-9A-Z_]+"
icolor brightblue "class [0-9A-Z_]+"
## Keywords
color brightcyan "\<(and|as|assert|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|exec|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|not|or|pass|print|raise|return|try|while|with|yield)\>"
## Commentary
color brightred "#.*$"
## Specials keywords
color brightwhite "__[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
icolor brightwhite "__[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*__"
## Usuals functions
color brightyellow "\<(min|max|len|str|repr|==)\>"
## strings, docstrings
color brightmagenta "['][^']*[^\\][']" "[']{3}.*[^\\][']{3}"
color brightmagenta "["][^"]*[^\\]["]" "["]{3}.*[^\\]["]{3}"
color brightmagenta "['][^']*\\[']" 
color brightmagenta "["][^"]*\\["]"
## Empty strings
color brightmagenta """" "''"
color brightyellow start=""""[^"]" end=""""" start="'''[^']" end="'''"
color brightyellow start=""""" end=""""" start="'''" end="'''"
## Empty strings, docstrings
color brightyellow """"""""