From: Steve Klabnik Date: 2010-10-19T18:40:57+09:00 Subject: Re: A question about require when using Shoes I think Justin is right, in that you should be able to just use Math, but if you need to require a gem, the proper way is with Shoes.setup: http://github.com/shoes/shoes/wiki/Clearing-Up-The-Whole-Shoes-And-RubyGems-Deal-