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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) How Ruby Works Input and Output

alborz
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alborz
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Issue with Ruby rendering specific colors in workspace

When going through this project in workspaces, when I write my code all of the text color is blue -- there is no demarcation between, for example, variables and their values.

Has anyone experienced this?

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John Steer-Fowler
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I don't see anything wrong in that screenshot. Thats exactly how I would expect the colors to be shown.

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Here is the screenshot below. It appears that the issue exists within the string; everything else seems to work in terms of colors being different. Thanks

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John Steer-Fowler
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In Workspaces, you need to ensure a few things in order to get the environment to know which language you are writing so it colors the text.

Firstly, when you create the Workspace, make sure you select Ruby Environment.

Secondly, when in the Ruby Workspace, when you create a new file with File -> New you will be able to rename the new file to the left side. Make sure you save it with the file extension (.rb) this will let the Workspace know that it is a Ruby file and to use the correct colors. For example rubytest.rb

Let me know if you still have issues after this