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# Configuring Cloud9

* Start with a blank workspace
* Ensure a relatively recent version of Ruby (`ruby -v`)
* `gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc`

## Settings

## Project Settings

* Set soft tabs to 2 spaces
* Turn on "On save, strip whitespace"

## User Settings

* Turn on "Automatically close empty panes"
* Turn on "Scope Navigate to Favorites"
* Turn on "Reveal Active File in Project Tree"

## Experimental

* Turn on Autosave