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+#
+# MONOKAI like theme for javascript
+#
+# This theme uses extended colors of the gnome terminal. The standard command line
+# may not reproduce the desired colors!
+#
+# A default gnome terminal theme could have unintended effects of the theme colors
+# as well. Please use the default one!
+
+syntax javascript "\.js$"
+comment "//"
+
+color white		".*"
+
+# Parameters inside function definitions
+color orange		"function \w+\(.*\)"
+
+# Function or method calls
+color cyan		"\w+\("
+
+# Function/method names on definitions
+color green		"function \w+\("
+color green		"@\w+"
+color green		"[[:blank:]]+\w+\(.*[^;]$"
+
+# Parameters inside method definitions
+color orange		"\([a-zA-Z_0-9,= ]+\)( *\{|$)"
+
+# Class initialization
+color white		"new \w+\("
+
+# Statements
+color brightcyan	"\<(class|function|extends|import|export|default|from|new|var|let|const|return|for|while|in|of|if|elseif|else|throw|continue|break|try|catch|switch|static|typeof|do|async|await)\>"
+
+# Operators
+color red		"(=|·|\/|\+|-|\*|\!|>|<|:|\?|&|\|)"
+
+# Special values
+color magenta		"\<(true|false|NaN|null|undefined)\>"
+
+# Re-whitening certain symbols
+color white		"(\(|\)|,|\.|\{|\}|;)"
+
+# Number values
+color brightmagenta	"([0-9]|[0-9]+\.[0-9]+|this)"
+
+# Strings.
+color yellow		""([^"\]|\\.)*"|'([^'\]|\\.)*'|`([^`\]|\\.)*`"
+
+# Comments.
+color grey		"(^|[[:blank:]])//.*"
+color grey 		start="/\*" end="\*/"
+
+# Redundant spaces
+color brightred,brightred	"[[:space:]]+$"