# Emacs-mode for ruby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432 "2008-07-07T23:25:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/defn_noob)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432/1 "2008-07-07T23:25:59Z")

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I dont find anything useful while googling.

is there an emacsmode for ruby? i want syntaxhighlighting and be able  
to run the interpreter under emacs.

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**Author:** ![defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/defn_noob)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432/2 "2008-07-08T00:33:17Z")

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On Jul 7, 2008, at 14:21 , defn noob wrote:

> I dont find anything useful while googling.
> 
> is there an emacsmode for ruby? i want syntaxhighlighting and be able  
> to run the interpreter under emacs.

I’m assuming you’re the same person as the previous email I just  
answered… but:

look on [emacswiki.org](http://emacswiki.org) or grab the latest tarball of ruby. it is  
located in misc/.

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**Author:** ![defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/defn_noob)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432/3 "2008-07-08T02:10:54Z")

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:28:06 +0900  
Ryan D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> look on [emacswiki.org](http://emacswiki.org) or grab the latest tarball of ruby. it is  
> located in misc/.

apt-cache search emacs | grep ruby  
ruby-mode - Emacs Lisp ruby-mode for the scripting language Ruby

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**Author:** ![defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/defn_noob)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432/4 "2008-07-08T10:48:39Z")

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:14:08 +0900  
Ben B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 08, 2008, John M. wrote:
> 
> > apt-cache search emacs | grep ruby  
> > ruby-mode - Emacs Lisp ruby-mode for the scripting language Ruby
> 
> Which is great if you’re on Debian or Ubuntu, but nearly useless  
> otherwise…
> 
> Ben

[http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/misc/](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/misc/)

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**Author:** ![defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@defn\_noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/defn_noob)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142432/5 "2008-07-08T05:18:39Z")

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On Tue, Jul 08, 2008, John M. wrote:

> apt-cache search emacs | grep ruby  
> ruby-mode - Emacs Lisp ruby-mode for the scripting language Ruby

Which is great if you’re on Debian or Ubuntu, but nearly useless  
otherwise…

Ben