diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 789e9d0d..2eb79755 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-parser.output
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+parser.output
+*.gem
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diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2d2fd8d3..fdc1f4ca 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ task :build, :extra_args do |t, args|
   sh "racc #{args[:extra_args]} -o lib/coffee_script/parser.rb lib/coffee_script/grammar.y"
 end
 
+namespace :gem do
 
-# # Pipe compiled JS through JSLint.
-# puts "\n\n"
-# require 'open3'
-# stdin, stdout, stderr = Open3.popen3('jsl -nologo -stdin')
-# stdin.write(js)
-# stdin.close
-# puts stdout.read
-# stdout.close
-# stderr.close
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+  desc 'Build and install the coffee-script gem'
+  task :install do
+    sh "gem build coffee-script.gemspec"
+    sh "sudo gem install #{Dir['*.gem'].join(' ')} --local --no-ri --no-rdoc"
+  end
+
+  desc 'Uninstall the coffee-script gem'
+  task :uninstall do
+    sh "sudo gem uninstall -x coffee-script"
+  end
+
+end
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diff --git a/SYNTAX b/SYNTAX
deleted file mode 100644
index cd788ee2..00000000
--- a/SYNTAX
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Every line is an expression. Multiple expressions on a single line can be
-separated by a ";" character.
-
-NUM:      1
-          1.0
-          
-STRING:   "hello"
-          'hello'
-          
-OBJECT:   {one : 1, two : 2}
-          
-ARRAY:    [1, 2, 3]
-          
-CODE:     a, b => a * b.
-          
-IF:       return x if x > 1
-            
-          if (x > 1) return x
-              
-ASSIGN:   a : b
-              
-LOGICAL:  x && y
-          x and y
-          x || y
-          x or y
-
-
-
-          
-
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 93dbd7f7..8fc6ae7c 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 TODO:
 
+* Need *way* better syntax errors.
+
 * Is it possible to close blocks (functions, ifs, trys) without an explicit
   block delimiter or significant whitespace?
   
diff --git a/coffee-script.gemspec b/coffee-script.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fcf2ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coffee-script.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name      = 'coffee-script'
+  s.version   = '0.1.0'         # Keep version in sync with coffee-script.rb
+  s.date      = '2009-12-16'
+
+  s.homepage    = "http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/"
+  s.summary     = "The CoffeeScript Compiler"
+  s.description = <<-EOS
+    ...
+  EOS
+
+  s.authors           = ['Jeremy Ashkenas']
+  s.email             = 'jashkenas@gmail.com'
+  s.rubyforge_project = 'coffee-script'
+  s.has_rdoc          = false
+
+  s.require_paths     = ['lib']
+  s.executables       = ['coffee-script']
+
+  s.files = Dir['bin/*', 'examples/*', 'lib/**/*', 'coffee-script.gemspec', 'LICENSE', 'README']
+end
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