>>>>> "Nathaniel" == Nathaniel Talbott <ntalbott / rolemodelsoft.com> writes:

    Nathaniel> Unfortunately, though, all my code is still black. If I
    Nathaniel> look in the 'Options'->'Syntax Highlighting' menu,
    Nathaniel> 'Automatic' is selected. If I select 'In this Buffer'
    Nathaniel> as well, strings in the ruby file become highlighted,
    Nathaniel> and that's it.

I get green strings and red comments.  But that's it.  Syntax
highlighting with standard Ruby mode does seem a bit wimpy.  I would
like to at least get keywords highlighted.

If no one has a better set of rules for syntax highlighting, I'll take
a look at it.  But it may be a while before I get a chance.

    Nathaniel> [...] One of the primary reasons I've gone to emacs is
    Nathaniel> the syntax highlighting (I'm sure there are other
    Nathaniel> reasons, but that's my killer app), [...]

There's lots of reasons.  But there's a lot to learn in Emacs, so just
hang in there and take it slow.  Don't try to conquer everything at
once.  It will soon pay off.

-- 
-- Jim Weirich     jweirich / one.net    http://w3.one.net/~jweirich
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