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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion languages/ruby/config.toml
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increase_indent_pattern = '(^\s*(module|class|def|if|elsif|else|unless|case|when|while|until|for|begin|rescue|ensure)\b|\bdo\s*(\|[^|]*\|)?\s*$)'
decrease_indent_pattern = '^\s*(end|elsif|else|when|rescue|ensure)\b'
scope_opt_in_language_servers = ["tailwindcss-language-server"]
word_characters = ["?", "!"]
debuggers = ["rdbg"]

[overrides.string]
completion_query_characters = ["-", "."]
opt_into_language_servers = ["tailwindcss-language-server"]

[overrides.identifier]
word_characters = ["!", "?"]
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(string
(string_content) @string.inclusive)

[
(identifier)
(simple_symbol)
(hash_key_symbol)
"defined?"
] @identifier
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@vitallium vitallium Sep 20, 2026

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suggestion: should we also add delimited_symbol and bare_symbol to handle use cases like :"ready?" or symbol arrays?

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I actually left those out intentionally.

Delimited symbols and symbol arrays allow you to use any arbitrary non-alphabetic character (e.g. :"symbol-with-dashes! and spaces?") as well as string interpolation - none of those will be treated as word characters, which is why I don't think we should give special treatment to ! and ? in this situation

After all, you won't be able to select the entire symbol with a double click like you would with a non-delimited one.

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