Syntax Files
Paths nanorc syntax files
sudo nano /usr/share/nano/markdown.nanorc
sudo nano /usr/local/share/nano/markdown.nanorc
Example sysntax for Markdown
syntax "markdown" "\.md$" "\.markdown$"
## Quotations
color cyan "^>.*"
## Emphasis
color green "_[^_]*_"
color green "\*[^\*]*\*"
## Strong emphasis
color brightgreen "\*\*[^\*]*\*\*"
color brightgreen "__[\_]*__"
## Underline headers
color brightblue "^====(=*)"
color brightblue "^----(-*)"
## Hash headers
color brightred "^#.*"
## Linkified URLs (and inline html tags)
color brightmagenta start="<" end=">"
## Links
color brightmagenta "\[.*\](\([^\)]*\))?"
## Link id's:
color brightmagenta "^\[.*\]:( )+.*"
## Code spans
color yellow "`[^`]*`"
## Multi-line code span
color yellow start="^```$" end="^```$"
## Links and inline images
color brightmagenta start="!\[" end="\]"
color brightmagenta start="\[" end="\]"
## Lists
color yellow "^( )*(\*|\+|\-|[0-9]+\.) "
Include yours syntax files
nano ~/.nanorc
include /usr/local/share/nano/*