# Emacs Ruby mode bug

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-ruby-mode-bug/192046>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 22, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-ruby-mode-bug/192046 "2010-07-22T23:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jnb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jnb)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-ruby-mode-bug/192046/1 "2010-07-22T23:00:07Z")

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Hi. Does anybody know where I am supposed to go to report a bug in this  
software extension?:

[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RubyMode](http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RubyMode)

I found a case where ruby mode is not parsing the Ruby code correctly.  
Google searches keep bringing me back to the ruby-lang homepage, so I am  
not sure where to drop the bug report.

In case you are curious, the problem is with symbols (that is what they  
are called, right?) If I use symbols like :this and :that everything  
works fine. But if I use symbols like :‘this-that’ (which is legal Ruby,  
no?) then the Ruby M. nesting gets messed up and the indentation goes  
screwy.

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**Author:** ![jnb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jnb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jnb)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-ruby-mode-bug/192046/2 "2010-07-23T00:25:29Z")

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On Jul 22, 2010, at 14:00 , Jonathan B. wrote:

> are called, right?) If I use symbols like :this and :that everything  
> works fine. But if I use symbols like :‘this-that’ (which is legal Ruby,  
> no?) then the Ruby M. nesting gets messed up and the indentation goes  
> screwy.

Matz is the author of ruby-mode.el, so yeah, you keep getting pointed  
back to [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org). File a bug on the redmine instance for ruby or  
email to ruby-core@.