# Discussion on Frequently Asked Questions

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discussion-on-frequently-asked-questions/124856>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discussion-on-frequently-asked-questions/124856 "2008-01-03T06:48:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Travers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Mike\_Travers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mike_Travers)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discussion-on-frequently-asked-questions/124856/1 "2008-01-03T06:48:05Z")

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Emacs works great once you get the right modes installed. It’s hard to  
find them –  
[Ruby  
mode](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/misc/) is part of the Ruby source tree:

Add [specialized  
modes for Rails](http://rubyforge.org/projects/emacs-rails).

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Travers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Mike\_Travers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mike_Travers)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discussion-on-frequently-asked-questions/124856/2 "2008-01-03T08:11:04Z")

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Mike Travers wrote:

> Emacs works great once you get the right modes installed. It’s hard to  
> find them –  
> [Ruby  
> mode](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/misc/) is part of the Ruby source tree:
> 
> Add [specialized  
> modes for Rails](http://rubyforge.org/projects/emacs-rails).

Hi what is Emacs…?