# Emacs mode for Ruby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142433>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142433 "2008-07-07T23:05:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ssecorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@ssecorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssecorp)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142433/1 "2008-07-07T23:05:31Z")

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Googling doesnt give a good answer, is there a good rubymode for lisp?

syntax-highlighting and being able to run the interpreter inside emacs.

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**Author:** ![ssecorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@ssecorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssecorp)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142433/2 "2008-07-08T00:32:06Z")

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On Jul 7, 2008, at 14:01 , ssecorp wrote:

> Googling doesnt give a good answer, is there a good rubymode for lisp?
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> syntax-highlighting and being able to run the interpreter inside  
> emacs.

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

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**Author:** ![ssecorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@ssecorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssecorp)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-mode-for-ruby/142433/3 "2008-07-08T16:17:09Z")

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On Jul 7, 10:01 pm, ssecorp [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Googling doesnt give a good answer, is there a good rubymode for lisp?
> 
> syntax-highlighting and being able to run the interpreter inside emacs.

Yes, it’s distributed as part of Ruby in the /misc directory. You can  
download it directly from here :

[http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/misc/](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/misc/)

Chris