diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2009-2011, Jonathan Daugherty.
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * The names of the contributors may not be used to endorse or
+      promote products derived from this software without specific
+      prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Widgets/Extras/Text.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Widgets/Extras/Text.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+module Graphics.Vty.Widgets.Extras.Text
+    ( highlight
+    )
+where
+
+import Text.Regex.Base (RegexLike, matchAll)
+
+import Graphics.Vty.Widgets.Text (Formatter(..))
+import Graphics.Vty (Attr, def_attr)
+import Text.Trans.Tokenize (TextStreamEntity(..), Token(..), TextStream(..))
+
+-- |A highlight formatter takes a regular expression used to scan the
+-- text and an attribute to assign to matches.  The regular expression
+-- is only applied to individual string tokens (individual words,
+-- whitespace strings, etc.); it is NOT applied to whole lines,
+-- paragraphs, or text spanning multiple lines.  If you have need of
+-- that kind of functionality, apply your own attributes with your own
+-- regular expression prior to calling 'setTextWithAttrs'.
+highlight :: (RegexLike r String) => r -> Attr -> Formatter
+highlight regex attr = Formatter $
+    \_ (TS ts) -> return $ TS $ map highlightToken ts
+        where
+          highlightToken :: TextStreamEntity Attr -> TextStreamEntity Attr
+          highlightToken NL = NL
+          highlightToken (T t) =
+              if tokenAttr t /= def_attr
+              then T t
+              else T (highlightToken' t)
+
+          highlightToken' :: Token Attr -> Token Attr
+          highlightToken' t =
+              if null $ matchAll regex $ tokenStr t
+              then t
+              else t { tokenAttr = attr }
diff --git a/vty-ui-extras.cabal b/vty-ui-extras.cabal
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+Name:                vty-ui-extras
+Version:             0.1
+Synopsis:
+  Extra vty-ui functionality not included in the core library
+
+Description:
+  Extra vty-ui functionality not included in the core library
+
+Category:            User Interfaces
+Author:              Jonathan Daugherty <jtd@galois.com>
+Maintainer:          Jonathan Daugherty <jtd@galois.com>
+Build-Type:          Simple
+License:             BSD3
+License-File:        LICENSE
+Cabal-Version:       >= 1.6
+
+Source-Repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: git://github.com/jtdaugherty/vty-ui-extras.git
+
+Library
+  Build-Depends:
+    base >= 4 && < 5,
+    vty >= 4.6 && < 4.8,
+    vty-ui >= 1.4 && < 1.5,
+    regex-pcre >= 0.94 && < 0.95,
+    regex-base >= 0.93 && < 0.94
+
+  GHC-Options:       -Wall
+
+  Hs-Source-Dirs:    src
+  Exposed-Modules:
+      Graphics.Vty.Widgets.Extras.Text