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lesswatch

v0.0.4

Published

LESS folder watcher with optional debug information

Readme

LESS folder watcher with optional debug information

A nodejs script that allows you to watch a folder for changes and compile the less css files into another folder, optionally passing original lessc compiler arguments. When the --line-numbers=mediaquery argument is used, this nodejs script will fix the syntax so that webkit understands it too.

I only added those latter modifications. All credits should go to those who did the most work (which is like 99%):

Jonathan Cheung for writing the entire less watcher https://github.com/jonycheung/Dead-Simple-LESS-Watch-Compiler

Mikeal Rogers for writing the original folder watch script https://github.com/mikeal/watch

Usage: node lesswatch.js [options] Example: node lesswatch.js --line-numbers=mediaquery less css

           That will watch ./less folder and compile the less css files into 
           ./css when they are added/changed and add mediaquery-formatted 
           debug info to the css for debugging with webkit-inspector.

###Prerequisites Install LESS (http://www.lesscss.org/) and make sure the lessc binary is accessible to the script. Installing LESS with the --global flag will make the binary accessible to your system.

npm install less --global

###Usage

node lesswatch.js [options] <source-folder> <destination-folder>

###Example

node lesswatch.js --line-numbers=mediaquery less css

That will watch ./less folder and compile the less css files into ./css when they are added/changed and add mediaquery-formatted debug info to the css for debugging with webkit-inspector.

  • This script only compiles files with .less extension. More file extensions can be added by modifying the allowedExtensions array.
  • Files that start with underscores _style.css or period .style.css are ignored. This behavior can be changed in the filterFiles() function.