From: Josh Huber <huber+rt@...>
Date: 2004-03-14T16:59:35+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-mode.el - font lock not working?

Asfand Yar Qazi <im_not_giving_it_here@i_hate_spam.com> writes:

> (Working with the 1.8.1 version of ruby-mode.el) if you apply the
> following patch to the ruby-mode.el file, it may work for you (it
> worked for me.)

Interesting...looks like this is the problem.  Do you know why this
happens?

> *** /home/asfand/src/packages/ruby/ruby-1.8.1/misc/ruby-mode.el	Fri
>     Dec 19 17:29:09 2003
> --- /home/asfand/.emacs-lisp/ruby-mode.el	Sun Mar 14 07:36:51 2004
> ***************
> *** 162,166 ****
>      :options '(t nil space) :group 'ruby)
>
> ! (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
>    (defun ruby-imenu-create-index-in-block (prefix beg end)
>      (let ((index-alist '()) (case-fold-search nil)
> --- 162,169 ----
>      :options '(t nil space) :group 'ruby)
>
> ! (eval-when-compile
> !   (require 'cl)
> !   (require 'font-lock)
> !   )
>    (defun ruby-imenu-create-index-in-block (prefix beg end)
>      (let ((index-alist '()) (case-fold-search nil)

So, it seems as though just adding

(require 'font-lock) prior to my (require 'ruby-mode) also fixes the
problem.  Seems pretty strange, though.

Thanks for the hint!

-- 
Josh Huber