# Syntax highlight ruby in MSDOS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlight-ruby-in-msdos/91481 "2007-04-09T17:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlight-ruby-in-msdos/91481/1 "2007-04-09T17:47:10Z")
hi, Is it possible to syntax highlight ruby code in MSDOS? cheers aidy ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlight-ruby-in-msdos/91481/2 "2007-04-09T17:59:11Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > hi, > > Is it possible to syntax highlight ruby code in MSDOS? > > cheers > > aidy I believe there is a version of VIM built for dos. It supports syntax highlighting for ruby and a lot of other languages. –mark ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlight-ruby-in-msdos/91481/3 "2007-04-09T18:08:12Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > hi, > > Is it possible to syntax highlight ruby code in MSDOS? If you can find an IDE that supports Ruby and works with MS-DOS: Sure. Or do you mean the command line in Windows NT 4.x+ (Windows 2K/XP)? – Phillip “CynicalRyan” Gawlowski [http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/](http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/) Rule of Open-Source Programming #37: Duplicate effort is inevitable. Live with it.