diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 865ea8e301..c96c968864 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ Tue Feb 19 13:16:08 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nakada@nifty.ne.jp>
 
 	* io.c (rb_io_ungetc): don't fail pushed EOF back.
 
+Mon Feb 18 14:23:10 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nakada@nifty.ne.jp>
+
+	* misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-modifier-re): add rescue modifier.
+
+	* misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-font-lock-keywords): fontify
+	  instance/class/global variables start with '_'.
+
 Mon Feb 18 13:56:44 2002  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (block_pass): "&nil" should clear block given.
diff --git a/misc/ruby-mode.el b/misc/ruby-mode.el
index 6f36a6bb9a..4e1db4a956 100644
--- a/misc/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/misc/ruby-mode.el
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@
   "\\(\\s *\\(class\\|module\\|def\\)\\)\\|if\\|unless\\|case\\|while\\|until\\|for\\|begin"
     )
 
-(defconst ruby-modifier-re
+(defconst ruby-modifier-beg-re
   "if\\|unless\\|while\\|until"
   )
 
+(defconst ruby-modifier-re
+  (concat ruby-modifier-beg-re "\\|rescue")
+  )
+
 (defconst ruby-block-mid-re
   "then\\|else\\|elsif\\|when\\|rescue\\|ensure"
   )
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@
   )
 
 (defconst ruby-block-hanging-re
-  (concat ruby-modifier-re "\\|" ruby-block-op-re)
+  (concat ruby-modifier-beg-re "\\|" ruby-block-op-re)
   )
 
 (defconst ruby-block-end-re "end")
@@ -814,7 +818,7 @@ An end of a defun is found by moving forward from the beginning of one."
      ;; variables
      '("\\(\\$\\([^a-zA-Z0-9 \n]\\|[0-9]\\)\\)\\W"
        1 font-lock-variable-name-face)
-     '("\\(\\$\\|@\\|@@\\)\\(\\w\\(\\w\\|_\\)*\\|#{\\)"
+     '("\\(\\$\\|@\\|@@\\)\\(\\w\\|_\\)+"
        0 font-lock-variable-name-face)
      ;; embedded document
      '(ruby-font-lock-docs
@@ -831,7 +835,7 @@ An end of a defun is found by moving forward from the beginning of one."
      '("\\(^\\|[^:]\\)\\(:\\([-+/%&|^~`]\\|\\*\\*?\\|<\\(<\\|=>?\\)?\\|>[>=]?\\|===?\\|=~\\|\\[\\]\\|\\(\\w\\|_\\)+\\([!?=]\\|\\b\\)\\|#{[^}\n\\\\]*\\(\\\\.[^}\n\\\\]*\\)*}\\)\\)"
        2 font-lock-reference-face)
      ;; expression expansion
-     '("#{[^}\n\\\\]*\\(\\\\.[^}\n\\\\]*\\)*}" 
+     '("#\\({[^}\n\\\\]*\\(\\\\.[^}\n\\\\]*\\)*}\\|\\(\\$\\|@\\|@@\\)\\(\\w\\|_\\)+\\)"
        0 font-lock-variable-name-face t))
     "*Additional expressions to highlight in ruby mode."))