# Ruby mode **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 7, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mode/74961 "2006-11-07T11:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nalhawash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nalhawash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nalhawash)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mode/74961/1 "2006-11-07T11:04:19Z")
'("\bdef[\t]+[a-zA-Z\_]+[a-zA-Z0-9\_]\*[?!]?" 0 font-lock-function-name-face)) “\*Additional expressions to highlight in ruby mode.”) (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook (lambda () (setq font-lock-keywords ruby-font-lock-keywords) (font-lock-mode 1))))) (if (and (\>= (string-to-int emacs-version) 20) (not (featurep 'xemacs))) (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook (lambda () (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults) (setq font-lock-defaults '((ruby-font-lock-keywords) nil nil ((?\_ . “w”)))))) (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook (lambda () (setq font-lock-keywords ruby-font-lock-keywords) (font-lock-mode 1)))))) Nasser Alhawash