[Rubycocoa-talk] Using RubyCocoa with Project Builder and Emacs

[Brian M. <ma...@vi...>]

I've started using RubyCocoa. Wonderful program. Here's how I've hooked 
it in with Emacs. This may be of use to others. Anyone have tips for me?

I mainly use Project Builder to display files and to launch builds. 
When I click on a .rb file, that file is opened in Emacs (I use the 
aquafied version, not the terminal version that comes with OS X. It has 
syntax coloring, etc.)

I edit away. I run my unit tests with F10. I run slower tests with F9. 
F6 brings Project Builder forward and makes it build and run the app.

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To do all this:

- The aquafied version of Emacs has a single-click installer here:
    <http://www.webweavertech.com/ovidiu/emacs.html>

- You need Project Builder from the December developer tools
   release.

- You tell Project Builder to use a particular editor with the
   File Type preference. I just set it to use Emacs for all files
   that don't override the default. (Note that the menu entry for
   Emacs refers to the Terminal version, not the Aqua version.)

- Aqua emacs doesn't contain one library that Project Builder's emacs
   interface depends upon. You need to grab gnuserv-compat,
   gnuserv, and devices from the Terminal emac's lisp library.

- F10 and F9 are just emacs keys that run Test::Unit within
   dedicated shells.

- F6 I programmed with Keyboard Maestro
   <http://www.keyboardmaestro.com>.

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