> I've installed the ruby-elisp package in Debian woody which I assumed > installed ruby-mode into Xemacs21. However, I have yet to get it to > "work". By not "working" I mean, that when I open a ruby file (*.rb), > Xemacs does not perform syntax highlighting, nor does it allow me to run > the ruby debugger on the scripts. When I do open a ruby file, I get the > message: "Loading...inf-ruby...done" > > Has anyone else tried ruby-mode and found these problems. I've already > asked on debian-user and haven't managed to solve the problem. Any help > would be greatly appreciated.
I don't know ruby, but I installed ruby-elisp (which should really be named ruby-el) on woody, and it worked out of the box. The modeline says "(Ruby Font)" and it highlighted. What mode are you in? Have you tried in another flavor of Emacs? Peter