From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-02-24T00:45:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11384] Re: Emacs-mode?

"Noel Rappin" <noel.rappin@openwave.com> writes:

> Thanks -- I'm using XEmacs, though (sorry for not making that clearer
> earlier -- my mistake), and the directory structure seems different -- it's
> clearly not finding the mode file -- when I open a .rb file, the mode line
> says "Ruby", but I'm not getting any syntax coloring or indent or anything.

With xemacs, you need to load the font-lock package before the
ruby-mode.el file gets loaded for the first time. In my .emacs, I just 
have

   (load "font-lock")

right at the top.


Regards


Dave