diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f986218..6bc4f36 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ OBJ:=$(subst .c,.o,${SRC})
 
 hl: ${OBJ}
 	${LINK.c} ${OBJ} -o $@
+
+new:
+	g++ src2/main.cpp -o hl -ggdb
diff --git a/src2/Highlight.h b/src2/Highlight.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29cceb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src2/Highlight.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+	BOLD,
+	ITALICS,
+	UNDERLINE,
+	END
+} attr_t;
+
+typedef void (*attr_callback_t)(void);
+void bold_on(void){
+	fputs("\033[1m", stdout);
+}
+void bold_off(void){
+	fputs("\033[0m", stdout);
+}
+attr_callback_t attr_callbacks[END*2] = {
+	(attr_callback_t)bold_on,
+	(attr_callback_t)bold_off,
+};
+
+typedef int color;
+
+struct hl_t {
+	attr_t attrs;
+	color fg_color;
+	color bg_color;
+	//? font;
+};
+
+struct hl_group {
+	char* name;
+	std::map<char*, hl_t> o;
+	hl_group* link;
+};
+
+typedef enum {
+	KEYWORD,
+	MATCH,
+	REGION
+} token_t;
+
+struct token{
+	hl_group* hl;
+	token_t t;
+	char* syntax;
+};
+
+std::vector<token*> token_table;
+
+token* newtoken(char* syntax, token_t t, hl_group* g){
+	token* mt = new (token){
+		.hl = g,
+		.t = t,
+		.syntax = syntax
+	};
+	token_table.push_back(mt);
+	return mt;
+}
diff --git a/src2/main.cpp b/src2/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..627b816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src2/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "Highlight.h"
+
+const char *const test_string = "this (test) is my test string which im with testing in this test";
+
+int fits(const char* const pattern, const char* const to){
+	if(pattern == NULL){ return true; }
+	for(int i = 0;; i++){
+		if(pattern[i] == '\00'){ return i; }
+		if(to[i] == '\00' or pattern[i] != to[i]){ return false; }
+	}
+}
+
+void render_string(const char* const string, char* mode){
+	for(const char* s = string; *s != '\00';){
+		for(auto &i : token_table){
+			int f;
+			f = fits(i->syntax, s);
+			if(f){
+				int pos = i->hl->o.find(mode)->second.attrs;
+				attr_callbacks[pos]();
+				for(int h = 0; h < f; h++){
+					putchar(*(s+h));
+				}
+				attr_callbacks[pos+1]();
+				s += f;
+			}else{
+				putchar(*s);
+				++s;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+signed main(){
+	hl_group mygroup = (hl_group){
+		.name = "test",
+		.link = NULL
+	};
+	mygroup.o["cterm"] = (hl_t){
+		.attrs = BOLD
+	};
+	token* mytoken = newtoken("test", KEYWORD, &mygroup);
+	render_string(test_string, "cterm");
+	putchar('\n');
+}