How JOE syntax highlighting works ================================= *from [c.jsf](http://joe-editor.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/joe-editor/joe-editor/file/tip/syntax/c.jsf.in), slightly modified* A (deterministic) state machine which performs lexical analysis of C. (This is the "assembly language" of syntax highlighting. A separate program could be used to convert a regular expression NFA syntax into this format). Each state begins with: : \ is the state's name. \ is the color used for characters eaten by the state (really a symbol for a user definable color). The first state defined is the initial state. Within a state, define transitions (jumps) to other states. Each jump has the form: [