diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/mushcode_high_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/mushcode_high_rules.js
index 6b05f5c3..e2ad064c 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/mushcode_high_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/mushcode_high_rules.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var TextHighlightRules = require("./text_highlight_rules").TextHighlightRules;
 
 var MushCodeRules = function() {
 
+
     var keywords = (
  "@if|"+
  "@ifelse|"+
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
  "@touch|"+
  "@ataste|"+
  "@osound|"+
+ "@ahear|"+
+ "@aahear|"+
+ "@amhear|"+
  "@otouch|"+
  "@otaste|"+
  "@drop|"+
@@ -285,6 +289,7 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
  "encrypt|"+
  "escape|"+
  "if|"+
+ "ifelse|"+
  "lcstr|"+
  "left|"+
  "lit|"+
@@ -398,7 +403,7 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
  "@@|"+
  "bakerdays|"+
  "bodybuild|"+
- "box|"+ 
+ "box|"+
  "capall|"+
  "catalog|"+
  "children|"+
@@ -485,14 +490,11 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
  "piechartlabel|"+
  "createmaze|"+
  "drawmaze|"+
- "drawwireframe" 
- );
-
-    //var futureReserved = "";
+ "drawwireframe"
+    );
     var keywordMapper = this.createKeywordMapper({
         "invalid.deprecated": "debugger",
         "support.function": builtinFunctions,
-        //"invalid.illegal": futureReserved,
         "constant.language": builtinConstants,
         "keyword": keywords
     }, "identifier");
@@ -513,30 +515,24 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
     var floatNumber = "(?:" + exponentFloat + "|" + pointFloat + ")";
 
     this.$rules = {
-        "start" : [ {
-            token : "comment",
-            regex : ";.*$"
-        }, {
-            token : "string",           // """ string
-            regex : strPre + '"{3}(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?"{3}'
-        }, {
-            token : "string",           // multi line """ string start
-            regex : strPre + '"{3}.*$',
-            next : "qqstring"
-        }, {
-            token : "string",           // " string
-            regex : strPre + '"(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?"'
-        }, {
-            token : "string",           // ''' string
-            regex : strPre + "'{3}(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?'{3}"
-        }, {
-            token : "string",           // multi line ''' string start
-            regex : strPre + "'{3}.*$",
-            next : "qstring"
-        }, {
-            token : "string",           // ' string
-            regex : strPre + "'(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?'"
-        }, {
+        "start" : [
+         {
+                token : "variable", // mush substitution register
+                regex : "%[0-9]{1}"
+         },
+         {
+                token : "variable", // mush substitution register
+                regex : "%q[0-9A-Za-z]{1}"
+         },
+         {
+                token : "variable", // mush special character register
+                regex : "%[a-zA-Z]{1}"
+         },
+         {
+                token: "variable.language",
+                regex: "%[a-z0-9-_]+"
+         },
+        {
             token : "constant.numeric", // imaginary
             regex : "(?:" + floatNumber + "|\\d+)[jJ]\\b"
         }, {
@@ -553,7 +549,7 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
             regex : "[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\\b"
         }, {
             token : "keyword.operator",
-            regex : "\\+|\\-|\\*|\\*\\*|\\/|\\/\\/|%|<<|>>|&|\\||\\^|~|<|>|<=|=>|==|!=|<>|="
+            regex : "\\+|\\-|\\*|\\*\\*|\\/|\\/\\/|#|%|<<|>>|\\||\\^|~|<|>|<=|=>|==|!=|<>|="
         }, {
             token : "paren.lparen",
             regex : "[\\[\\(\\{]"
@@ -564,22 +560,6 @@ var MushCodeRules = function() {
             token : "text",
             regex : "\\s+"
         } ],
-        "qqstring" : [ {
-            token : "string", // multi line """ string end
-            regex : '(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?"{3}',
-            next : "start"
-        }, {
-            token : "string",
-            regex : '.+'
-        } ],
-        "qstring" : [ {
-            token : "string",  // multi line ''' string end
-            regex : "(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?'{3}",
-            next : "start"
-        }, {
-            token : "string",
-            regex : '.+'
-        } ]
     };
 };