On Wed, 17 May 2000  12:06:41 +0100, Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2000, hipster wrote:
> 
> > I've written a functional (but still incomplete) syntax-file for vim.
> > 
> >   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hipster/lib/ruby/ruby.vim
> > 
> > Keywords and builtins are collected as of 1.4.3. I'll redo this once the
> > next stable ruby comes out.
> 
> 	This is of interest to me -- can it handle re-indenting of code?
> 	Sometimes I get out of step and things don't line up properly....
> 	I know vim has cindent but don't know if the syntax files effect
> 	this.
no it cannot  :\
Syntax files don't affect cindent operation, which is
really only good for c-code.

> 	Failing that, and to keep this on-topic :-), has anyone produced
> 	a script to indent ruby code nicely?
(wire such a script into vim using `equalprg', et voila)

A pretty printer for ruby (appropriately configurable for every One True
Brace Style[tm] ;) could probably be forked from the ruby grammar. 

Michel