sherriman

this is based partly on http://blog.modp.com/2007/09/ruby-mode-for-emacs.html

first, download the ruby mode goodness:

cd /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/misc ruby
cd ruby
emacs -batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el # do not forget the -f

then just update /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el or your .emacs file with site-start.el gist.