Possible to add Ruby syntax highlighting to Visual Studio 2008?

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Possible to add Ruby syntax highlighting to Visual Studio 2008?

When I open a Ruby file (*.rb) inside Visual Studio, it reads like a regular text file - with no syntax highlighting on language keywords.

Is there any way to set this up in Visual Studio?

Update: No, I don't use Visual Studio for Ruby development - I use Netbeans. But I would like to open a Ruby file in Visual Studio and see the proper highlighting.

There might be a plugin in Visual Studio, that may do that.

Use Netbeans, Textmate, jEdit, Eclipse for Ruby development, they are great IDEs.

( I am wondering why are you doing ruby development in Visual Studio, well you may have your reasons :) )

Rishav Rastogi 2009-09-21 16:28:46

I use Netbeans for Ruby development.

uzo 2009-09-21 16:30:23

Not sure what the reason is for the original poster to use Ruby in VS2008, but I use Rake for my builds and to have Ruby highlighting to edit the rakefile.rb is a real bonus.

Kevin McKelvin 2010-06-17 09:20:07

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There is a Ruby plugin for Visual Studio by Sapphire Steel Software, called Ruby in Steel.

Jörg W Mittag 2009-09-21 16:30:33

But it's not free :(

uzo 2009-09-21 16:32:43

there is a free edition - http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Ruby-In-Steel-New-Free-Edition

Leonid Shevtsov 2009-09-21 16:34:46

I'm not entirely sure you can do it for free without the Ruby in Steel add-in.

If you're not completely happy with Visual Studio, perhaps you can use a text editor with syntax highlighting plugins freely available. I know Notepad++ has this feature.

Daniel May 2009-09-21 16:35:48

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