What do these Web Essentials options do?

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I see these menu options for my asp.net project beneath the Web Essentials menu:

Create solution settings
Create color palette
Create markdown stylesheet

The official site for Web Essentials doesn't seem to be too forthcoming about just what these options do, or why. Can somebody give me the skinny?

tatigo · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-07T15:53:19.213

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Create solution settings - sets the settings file per solution. Reason: Many of the options affect the generation of code. Those options should be able to be shared alongside the solution file so all members of a team automatically use the same settings. Also, if the settings are stored alongside the solution, they can be checked into version control.

Create color palette - WE reads and generates UI that shows your site's color pallete, from there you could just pick the colors instead of having to try to remember what the color codes are.

Create markdown stylesheet - I think this one is used for code samples, allows to specify a custom CSS file for the Markdown preview pane

edited Oct 07 '13 at 15:53

answered Jul 11 '13 at 15:46

tatigo

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So does it take the settings from the user who selected the "Create solution settings" option, and then that user can czech it into source control, and everybody thereafter uses his settings? Or does it generate a generic set of settings for all to use? – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven Jul 11 '13 at 16:24
Regarding "Create color palette": from where is that site-specific color picker thereafter accessible? – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven Jul 11 '13 at 16:25
That's right, the settings are generated for the user that selected the solution settings, and can be shared by other users. – tatigo Jul 11 '13 at 16:31
I never used the color palette option, but I guess you can use it as any other CSS – tatigo Jul 11 '13 at 16:38
Oh, I get it; the color palette creates a CSS snippet or file. Thanks. – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven Jul 11 '13 at 16:46

What do these Web Essentials options do?

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