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Created August 16, 2012 18:12
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A Jekyll plugin to convert a .less file to .css
module Jekyll
# Compiled LESS CSS into CSS. You must specify an empty YAML front matter
# at the beginning of the file.
# .less -> .css
class LessConverter < Converter
safe true
priority :low
pygments_prefix "\n"
pygments_suffix "\n"
def setup
return if @setup
require 'less'
@setup = true
rescue LoadError
STDERR.puts 'You are missing a library required for less. Please run:'
STDERR.puts ' $ [sudo] gem install less'
raise FatalException.new("Missing dependency: less")
end
def matches(ext)
ext =~ /less/i
end
def output_ext(ext)
".css"
end
def convert(content)
setup
begin
parser = Less::Parser.new
tree = parser.parse(content)
tree.to_css
rescue => e
puts "Less Exception: #{e.message}"
end
end
end
end
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