kakoune/rc/filetype/mail.kak

hook global BufCreate .+\.eml %{
    set-option buffer filetype mail
}

hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=mail %{
    require-module mail
}

provide-module mail %{

add-highlighter shared/mail group
add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex ^(From|To|Cc|Bcc|Subject|Reply-To|In-Reply-To|Date):([^\n]*(?:\n\h+[^\n]+)*)$ 1:keyword 2:attribute
add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex <[^@>]+@.*?> 0:string
add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex ^>.*?$ 0:comment

hook -group mail-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=mail %{
    add-highlighter window/mail ref mail
    hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/mail }
}

}