Re: Ruby with Emacs

[Eric M. Ludlam]

>>> "yanom @linuxmail.org" <yanom@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