Hi, I am Jan. This is my old Ruby blog. I still post about Ruby, but I now do it on idiosyncratic-ruby.com. You should also install Irbtools to improve your IRB.

RubyBuntu -6- gedit 3! wtf? set it up for ruby/web development :)

December 2011, ruby · rails · hints · tutorial · working-environment · RubyBuntu · gedit · ubuntu

So you’ve installed (or upgraded to) ubuntu 11.10 and everything looks great… Except – uh!, lots of gedit plugins are only compatible with gedit 2! But don’t be sad.. or angry.. This guide points out, how to, nevertheless, create a solid foundation that allows you getting prodcutive with gedit!

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RubyBuntu -5- Modernize your gedit Ruby language specs!

August 2011, working-environment · RubyBuntu · gedit · ubuntu

How to get the following for your gedit:

Up-to-date Ruby syntax highlighting
Proper highlighting for .js.erb or .yml.erb files
Gemfile.lock highlighting

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gedit external tools: Ruby helpers, git integration and more

May 2010, ruby · hints · working-environment · rake · gedit · git · ubuntu

With the easy-to-use (and pre-installed) command line utility zenity, it is pretty simple to create useful external tools for gedit!

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RubyBuntu -4- Make gedit better than any IDE ;)

April 2010, ruby · rails · hints · tutorial · working-environment · RubyBuntu · gedit · ubuntu

You can, of course, use an IDE for coding – but reconsider it: After hours of initialization, it tries to do everything for you… Somewhere in the never ending menu jungle… And you need to click all the time… Stop! Focus on the gist! You want to write code!

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