From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-11-18T02:52:03+09:00
Subject: Re: step by step tutorial on using emacs with Ruby

"anne001" <anne@wjh.harvard.edu> writes:

> I downloaded emacs from
> http://home.att.ne.jp/alpha/z123/emacs-mac-e.html
> It said that ruby was installed.
>
> I have spent two hours searching this list and the web, and I cannot
> find any tutorial telling beginners what to do. Not in emacs, in emacs
> wiki, in ruby sites...

For general Emacs usage:
  C-h t
  C-h i m Emacs

> I have a snipet of ruby that works at the terminal window. I copied it
> into emacs. Now what? compile did not do anything.

  M-x ruby-mode
  M-x run-ruby

(possibly, C-u M-x ruby-ruby and give a full path...)
But then I hit some bug in irb, apparently.  Hrm. ;-)

Try this:
  M-x compile ruby myscript.rb

(Drop the "make" stuff.)

And maybe find some physical Emacs user that will teach you a bit, it can
be pretty nasty at first, but you don't want to miss it after...
-- 
Christian Neukirchen  <chneukirchen@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org