diff --git a/lib/rouge/lexers/dylan.rb b/lib/rouge/lexers/dylan.rb
index 1967db7ade..997d44a9be 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/lexers/dylan.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/lexers/dylan.rb
@@ -70,15 +70,16 @@ class Dylan < RegexLexer
         rule %r/[+-]?[0-9]+/, Literal::Number::Integer
         rule %r/#x[0-9a-f]+/i, Literal::Number::Hex
 
-        # Names
-        rule %r/[+-]/, Operator
-
         # Operators and punctuation
         rule %r/::|=>|#[(\[#]|[.][.][.]|[(),.;\[\]{}=?]/, Punctuation
 
-        rule %r([\w!&*<>|^\$%@][\w!&*<>|^\$%@=/?~+-]*) do |m|
+        word_re = %r([\w!&*<>|^\$%@][\w!&*<>|^\$%@=/?~+-]*|[+-~])
+
+        rule %r/\\#{word_re}/, Str::Symbol
+
+        rule word_re do |m|
           word = m[0]
-          if operators.include?(m[0])
+          if operators.include?(word)
             token Operator
           elsif word.start_with?('<') && word.end_with?('>')
             token Name::Class
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ class Dylan < RegexLexer
 
       state :dq do
         rule %r/\\[\\'"abefnrt0]/, Str::Escape
+        rule %r/\\<\h+>/, Str::Escape
         rule %r/[^\\"]+/, Str::Double
         rule %r/"/, Str::Double, :pop!
       end
diff --git a/spec/visual/samples/dylan b/spec/visual/samples/dylan
index 2ba41b416d..51a2b27017 100644
--- a/spec/visual/samples/dylan
+++ b/spec/visual/samples/dylan
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Copyright:    Original Code is Copyright (c) 1995-2004 Functional Objects, Inc.
 License:      See License.txt in this distribution for details.
 Warranty:     Distributed WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
 
+ this string is a continuation of Warranty because the line starts with a space.
+ it should be highlighted as a Comment.
+
+"this string is not a comment because it doesn't start with a space";
+
 ///
 /// The canonical recursive function.
 ///
@@ -49,3 +54,44 @@ define function factorial-top-level () => ()
 end function factorial-top-level;
 
 factorial-top-level();
+
+
+// https://github.com/dylan-lang/opendylan/blob/85fc782bf2b1390929bdb9fc98f88e5e55d7a742/sources/collections/collectors.dylan#L160-L180
+define inline method collector-protocol
+   (class :: subclass(<number>), #key from = 0, by = \+)
+  => (new-collector      :: <box>,
+      add-first          :: <function>,
+      add-last           :: <function>,
+      add-sequence-first :: <function>,
+      add-sequence-last  :: <function>,
+      collection         :: <function>)
+   values(box(from),
+         method (collector, value)
+           collector.object := by(value, collector.object);
+         end,
+         method (collector, value)
+           collector.object := by(collector.object, value);
+         end,
+         sequence-collection-not-yet-implemented,
+         sequence-collection-not-yet-implemented,
+         method (collector)
+           collector.object
+         end)
+end method;
+
+// hex escapes
+"a string with \<01eF> a hex escape"
+
+// https://github.com/dylan-lang/opendylan/blob/85fc782bf2b1390929bdb9fc98f88e5e55d7a742/sources/io/format-condition.dylan#L9-L20
+define sideways method print-object (c :: <condition>, s :: <stream>) => ()
+  let message = condition-to-string(c);
+  if (*print-escape?* | ~message)
+    printing-object (c, s)
+      if (message)
+        format(s, ": %s", message)
+      end
+    end
+  else
+    write(s, message)
+  end
+end method print-object;