Re: ruby-mode not started automatically

[Lute Kamstra]

David Wende <dwende@lynxpn.com> writes:

> Using emacs 21.2.1 under Win2K.
>
> Problem:
> When I visit a ruby file (*.rb) the
> ruby mode is NOT entered automatically.
>
> The file "ruby-mode.el" is apparently in the correct
> place since a doing
>
> M-: (load "ruby-mode")
>
> does work and start the mode.
>
> I have the following 2 lines in my .emacs
>
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.rb$" . ruby-mode))
>     (autoload 'ruby-mode "Ruby mode" "Ruby mode" t)
>
> but this apparently does not work.

Does this work?

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.rb\\'" . ruby-mode))
(autoload 'ruby-mode "ruby-mode" "Ruby mode" t)

Lute.

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