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Lesscss compiler.

Project description

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* LESSCPY *
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python LessCss Compiler.
v0.7

A compiler written in python 3 for the lesscss language.
For those of us not willing/able to have node.js installed in our environment.
Not all features of lesscss are supported (yet).
Some features wil probably never be supported (JavaScript evaluation).
This program uses PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) to tokenize/parse the input.

This is an early version, so you are likly to find bugs.

For more information on lesscss:
* http://lesscss.org/
* https://github.com/cloudhead/less.js

Development files
* https://github.com/robotis/Lesscpy

Requirements
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* python 3+
* ply (Python Lex-Yacc) python 3 version

For more information on ply:
* http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/

Installation
============

python3 setup.py install

or simply place the package into your python path.

Compiler script Usage
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usage: lesscpy [-h] [-I INCLUDE] [-x] [-X] [-m] [-D] [-v] [-o OUT] [-S] [-V]
[-L] [-N]
target

positional arguments:
target less file or directory

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-I INCLUDE, --include INCLUDE
Included less-files (comma separated)
-x, --minify Minify output
-X, --xminify Minify output, no end of block newlines
-v, --verbose Verbose mode

Directory options:
Compiles all *.less files in directory that have a newer timestamp than
it's css file.

-o OUT, --out OUT Output directory
-r, --recurse Recursive into subdirectorys
-f, --force Force recompile on all files
-m, --min-ending Add '.min' into output filename. eg, name.min.css
-D, --dry-run Dry run, do not write files

Debugging:
-S, --scopemap Scopemap
-V, --debug Debug mode
-L, --lex-only Run lexer on target
-N, --no-css No css output

Supported features
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* Variables
* String interpolation
* Mixins
* mixins (Nested)
* Parametered mixins (class)
* @arguments
* Nesting
* Escapes ~/e()
* Expressions
* Color functions:
** lighten
** darken
** saturate
** desaturate
** spin
** hue
** saturation
** lightness
* Other functions:
** round
** increment
** decrement
** format '%('
** add

Differences from lessc.js
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* All MS filters and other strange vendor constructs must be escaped
* All colors are auto-formatted to #nnnnnn. eg, #f7e923
* Does not preserve css comments

Not supported (yet)
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* Keyframe blocks
* Parametered mixins (id)
* mixins (closures)
* mixins (Nested (Calls))
* Pattern-matching
* Guard expressions
* JavaScript evaluation

License
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See the LICENSE file

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