Forum: Ruby ruby syntax coloring in emacs

Hi. Could someone please explain how to get ruby syntax coloring in
emacs? I'm running Mac OS X and I'm sort of new to emacs in general (I
know how to use a few emacs key bindings, but I don't really know
anything about elisp files). Thanks!

On 1/15/07, Colin Brander <colonbrander@mit.edu> wrote:
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> Hi. Could someone please explain how to get ruby syntax coloring in
> emacs? I'm running Mac OS X and I'm sort of new to emacs in general (I
> know how to use a few emacs key bindings, but I don't really know
> anything about elisp files). Thanks!


Probably http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?InstallingEmacsExtensions , 
except
the site is loading slowly right now.  Maybe check google for a cached 
copy.

/Nick

Colin Brander wrote:
> Hi. Could someone please explain how to get ruby syntax coloring in
> emacs? I'm running Mac OS X and I'm sort of new to emacs in general (I
> know how to use a few emacs key bindings, but I don't really know
> anything about elisp files). Thanks!

I think Carbon Emacs and AquaMacs both bundle the ruby-mode. So you 
should get syntax highlighting out of the box. You might need :
(global-font-lock-mode t)

in your .emacs (or set using M-x customize-variable RET 
global-font-lock-mode ).

Regards,

Chris