From: Phil Hagelberg <phil@...>
Date: 2008-12-24T02:26:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20838] Re: ruby-mode.el has moved

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Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> writes:

> What do you think the best way to do with ruby-mode.el in the standard
> distribution?  We have several choices:
>
>  * remove ruby-mode.el from the distribution
>  * send me up-to-date ruby-mode.el to me time to time, then I will
>    commit it to the repo
>  * give you (or other maintainer) commit privilege, and commit the
>    changes
>  * otherwise

For ease of maintainability, the copy of ruby-mode.el in Emacs'
repository does not try to keep backwards compatibility with older
versions of GNU Emacs or XEmacs. Currently it works with at least
version 22 of GNU Emacs, but there's no policy that this will continue
in the future. So it would be helpful to keep a copy in Ruby's SVN that
is the last-known highly-compatible revision as Akinori suggests.

But the copy in Ruby's repository should contain an explanation of the
situation. I've attached a patch for this.

-Phil


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diff --git a/misc/ruby-mode.el b/misc/ruby-mode.el
index 39fc4a6..0b8ed82 100644
--- a/misc/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/misc/ruby-mode.el
@@ -1,9 +1,50 @@
-;;;
-;;;  ruby-mode.el -
-;;;
-;;;  $Author$
-;;;  created at: Fri Feb  4 14:49:13 JST 1994
-;;;
+;;; ruby-mode.el --- Major mode for editing Ruby files
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
+;;   2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+;;   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Authors: Yukihiro Matsumoto, Nobuyoshi Nakada
+;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RubyMode
+;; Created: Fri Feb  4 14:49:13 JST 1994
+;; Keywords: languages ruby
+;; Version: 0.9
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs. However, a newer version of
+;; ruby-mode is included in recent releases of GNU Emacs (version 23
+;; and up), but the new version is not guaranteed to be compatible
+;; with older versions of Emacs or XEmacs. This file is the last
+;; version that aims to keep this compatibility.
+
+;; You can also get the latest version from the Emacs Lisp Package
+;; Archive: http://tromey.com/elpa
+
+;; This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+;; ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+;; or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
+;; License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with it.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Provides font-locking, indentation support, and navigation for Ruby code.
+;;
+;; If you're installing manually, you should add this to your .emacs
+;; file after putting it on your load path:
+;;
+;;    (autoload 'ruby-mode "ruby-mode" "Major mode for ruby files" t)
+;;    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.rb$" . ruby-mode))
+;;    (add-to-list 'interpreter-mode-alist '("ruby" . ruby-mode))
+;;
+
+;;; Code:
 
 (defconst ruby-mode-revision "$Revision$"
   "Ruby mode revision string.")

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