w.l.kleb / larc.nasa.gov writes: > at this point however, i am tired of the mark region > (M-<, M->), execute shell command 'ruby' on region > (M-|, ruby, [enter]) sequence. is there an easier > way to execute ruby on a given buffer, e.g., like > auctex's "C-c c" for (La)TeX? as a bonus auctex's > mode automagically takes you to the line in the code > that failed . Have you had a look at inf-ruby (also in the misc directory)? It takes a bit of setting up, but it lets you pipe things to a Ruby process or to irb, running in an inferior shell. Dave