# Emacs Semantic for Ruby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-semantic-for-ruby/64534>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-semantic-for-ruby/64534 "2006-08-09T20:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![llasram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@llasram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llasram)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-semantic-for-ruby/64534/1 "2006-08-09T20:08:16Z")

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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here happened to be working on a Ruby parser  
for the Emacs “Semantic” package[1]. I’ve found a few relevant  
messages on this ML from 2002 and a few on the semantic ML from 2004,  
but nothing recent, and nothing concretely indicating someone working  
on a Ruby parser for Semantic. Any unreleased and undiscussed works  
in progress?

(I’m willing to take a crack at it myself, but I’d need to dig up my  
compilers book and give myself a refresher before even thinking about  
trying it.)

[1] [Semantic](http://cedet.sourceforge.net/semantic.shtml)

- Marshall

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**Author:** ![llasram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@llasram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llasram)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-semantic-for-ruby/64534/2 "2006-08-15T14:12:13Z")

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On Aug 9, 2006, at 11:05 AM, Marshall T. Vandegrift wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone here happened to be working on a Ruby parser  
> for the Emacs “Semantic” package[1]. I’ve found a few relevant  
> messages on this ML from 2002 and a few on the semantic ML from 2004,  
> but nothing recent, and nothing concretely indicating someone working  
> on a Ruby parser for Semantic. Any unreleased and undiscussed works  
> in progress?

That’d be nice, wouldn’t it? Unfortunately, ruby’s grammar is fairly  
difficult. I’ve made due with exuberant tags and used them with some  
success in ecb.