Re: Ruby with Emacs

[rustom]

On Apr 1, 7:32 am, e...@siege-engine.com (Eric M. Ludlam) wrote:
> >>> "yanom @linuxmail.org" <ya...@linuxmail.org> seems to think that:
> >      I know that emacs can be used as an editor for Python and C++,
> >with features like syntax highlighting and the like. But does Emacs do
> >that for Ruby? When I opened a Ruby file (*.rb), it didn't show the
> >syntax highlighting like it does for Python. Do I need to download
> >some extra package to use Emacs as a Ruby editor? If so, where do I
> >get it?
>
> You can find ruby-mode in the misc/ directory of the Ruby source code
> (www.ruby-lang.org).
>
> Ruby is also supported in CEDET (cedet.sf.net) for use in ECB
> (ecb.sf.net) though I do not know how much of the smart completion, or
> other features from CEDET work.
>
> Eric

Theres a good ruby/rails-oriented emacs demo at 
http://platypope.org/yada/emacs-demo/
Detailed breakup of setup at 
http://platypope.org/blog/2006/9/8/i-need-a-cool-european-accent