REQUIRES: screen vim (must be vim that supports directory browsing) rubygems rails rubygem rake to install: build the gem if it doesn't already exist, with rake pkg/RailsEditor-$VERSION.gem install the gem gem install pkg/RailsEditor-$VERSION.gem CD to a RAILS_ROOT run RailsEditor In that RAILS_ROOT, there will be a .vimrc that you can adjust to your liking, it will use this instead of your regular ~/.vimrc See README.rails-editor for licensing and more complete usage.