I use a lot of vi in writing ruby code. I’ve seen TextMate and wondered if such a beast exists for Linux… well, it does. It’s in the form of a ruby project called RedCar. I started down the path of installing it but couldn’t find instructions for Fedora and was running into problems getting the debian/ubuntu instructions to fly. That’s why this is here. If I ever have to do this again I’ll be glad I put these instructions here. I’ve done what I can to get this up and running in a clear way but your mileage may vary (YMMV).

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