From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: eric@siege-engine.com (Eric M. Ludlam) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ruby with Emacs Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:32:12 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207018763 30895 80.91.229.12 (1 Apr 2008 02:59:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 02:59:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 01 04:59:54 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JgWj3-0007SE-IZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:59:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgWiR-0004hx-Jb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:59:15 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny03.POSTED!6ff5a40d!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dSMHBPut5fbsp+SXIaFlxGutAeA= Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.184.83.10 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: trndny03 1207017132 71.184.83.10 (Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:32:12 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:32:12 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:157562 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:57:28 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:52933 Archived-At: >>> "yanom @linuxmail.org" seems to think that: > I know that emacs can be used as an editor for Python and C++, >with features like syntax highlighting and the like. But does Emacs do >that for Ruby? When I opened a Ruby file (*.rb), it didn't show the >syntax highlighting like it does for Python. Do I need to download >some extra package to use Emacs as a Ruby editor? If so, where do I >get it? You can find ruby-mode in the misc/ directory of the Ruby source code (www.ruby-lang.org). Ruby is also supported in CEDET (cedet.sf.net) for use in ECB (ecb.sf.net) though I do not know how much of the smart completion, or other features from CEDET work. Eric