--- a/config/.vim/filetype.vim	Fri Mar 29 14:58:44 2013 +0100
+++ b/config/.vim/filetype.vim	Thu Sep 05 16:23:33 2013 +0200
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 
 " INI file syntax
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.ini,*/.hgrc,*/.hg/hgrc setf ini
+
+" NIX
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.nix setf nix
+

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/config/.vim/syntax/nix.vim	Thu Sep 05 16:23:33 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	nix
+" Maintainer:	Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>
+"               Modify and commit if you feel that way
+" Last Change:	2007 Dec
+"
+" this syntax file can be still be enhanced very much..
+" Don't ask, do it :-)
+
+" Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+syn keyword	nixKeyword	let throw inherit import true false null with
+syn keyword	nixConditional	if else then
+syn keyword     nixBrace        ( ) { } =
+syn keyword     nixBuiltin         __currentSystem __currentTime __isFunction __getEnv __trace __toPath __pathExists 
+  \ __readFile __toXML __toFile __filterSource __attrNames __getAttr __hasAttr __isAttrs __listToAttrs __isList 
+  \ __head __tail __add __sub __lessThan __substring __stringLength
+
+syn match nixAttr "\w\+\ze\s*="
+syn match nixFuncArg "\zs\w\+\ze\s*:"
+syn region nixStringParam start=+\${+ end=+}+
+syn region nixMultiLineComment start=+/\*+ skip=+\\"+ end=+\*/+
+syn match  nixEndOfLineComment "#.*$"
+syn region nixStringIndented start=+''+ skip=+'''\|''${\|"+ end=+''+ contains=nixStringParam
+syn region nixString         start=+"+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"+ contains=nixStringParam
+
+hi def link nixKeyword       Keyword
+hi def link nixConditional   Conditional
+hi def link nixBrace         Special
+hi def link nixString        String
+hi def link nixStringIndented String
+hi def link nixBuiltin       Special
+hi def link nixStringParam   Macro
+hi def link nixMultiLineComment Comment
+hi def link nixEndOfLineComment Comment
+hi def link nixAttr        Identifier
+hi def link nixFuncArg     Identifier