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+-- mod-version:3
+-- https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Overview_of_the_Nix_Language
+local syntax = require "core.syntax"
+
+local function merge_tables(a, b)
+  for _, v in pairs(b) do
+    table.insert(a, v)
+  end
+end
+
+local default_symbols = {
+  ["import"]   = "keyword2",
+  ["with"]     = "keyword2",
+  ["builtins"] = "keyword2",
+  ["inherit"]  = "keyword2",
+  ["assert"]   = "keyword2",
+  ["let"]      = "keyword2",
+  ["in"]       = "keyword2",
+  ["rec"]      = "keyword2",
+  ["if"]       = "keyword",
+  ["else"]     = "keyword",
+  ["then"]     = "keyword",
+  ["true"]     = "literal",
+  ["false"]    = "literal",
+  ["null"]     = "literal",
+}
+
+local default_patterns = {}
+
+local string_interpolation = {
+  { pattern = {"%${", "}"}, type = "keyword2", syntax = {
+    patterns = default_patterns,
+    symbols = default_symbols,
+  }},
+  { pattern = "[%S][%w]*", type = "string" },
+}
+
+merge_tables(default_patterns, {
+  { pattern = "#.*",          type = "comment" },
+  { pattern = {"/%*", "%*/"}, type = "comment" },
+  { pattern = "-?%.?%d+",     type = "number"  },
+
+  -- interpolation
+  { pattern = {"%${", "}"}, type = "keyword2", syntax = {
+    patterns = default_patterns,
+    symbols = default_symbols,
+  }},
+  { pattern = {'"', '"', '\\'}, type = "string", syntax = {
+    patterns = string_interpolation,
+    symbols = {},
+  }},
+  { pattern = {"''", "''"}, type = "string", syntax = {
+    patterns = string_interpolation,
+    symbols = {},
+  }},
+
+  -- operators
+  { pattern = "[%+%-%?!>%*]", type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "/ ",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "< ",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "//",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "&&",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "%->",          type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "||",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "==",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "!=",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = ">=",           type = "operator" },
+  { pattern = "<=",           type = "operator" },
+
+  -- paths (function because its not used otherwise)
+  { pattern = "%.?%.?/[^%s%[%]%(%){};,:]+", type = "function" },
+  { pattern = "~/[^%s%[%]%(%){};,:]+",      type = "function" },
+  { pattern = {"<", ">"},                   type = "function" },
+
+  -- every other symbol
+  { pattern = "[%a%-%_][%w%-%_]*", type = "symbol" },
+  { pattern = ";%.,:",             type = "normal" },
+})
+
+syntax.add {
+  name = "Nix",
+  files = {"%.nix$"},
+  comment = "#",
+  block_comment = {"/*", "*/"},
+  patterns = default_patterns,
+  symbols = default_symbols,
+}