Compile LESS files to CSS.
Grunt file to compile LESS files to CSS.
Questions tagged [grunt-contrib-less]
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Grunt contrib Less - issue with partial files
I am facing an issue with grunt-contrib-less plugin.
Problem Explanation
I have multiple less partials files which i am including in a main.less file. My grunt watch listen for changes in less files and run the less task. The problem is grunt…
atul
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Grunt convert multiple less files to corresponding css files
I have 2 less files a.less and b.less.
I want to convert them into a.css and b.css using grunt but grunt-contrib-less task concatinates the two files.
How can I convert both the less files into their corresponding css files?
Mak
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How to compress with grunt-contrib-less without losing the banner text?
I'm trying to compress a bunch of less files using Grunt with the plugin grunt-contrib-less using the option:
compress: true
But when I run the Grunt task it removes the banner that is actually a comment.
banner:'/*\nTheme Name: maugelves.com \n'…
Mauricio Gelves
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LESS/Grunt is not writing the sourcemap reference to the end of the compiled CSS
I am using grunt-contrib-less to compile my .less files in to a single CSS stylesheet. Everything is working, except the source map, which I cannot get to work under any circumstances!
Here is my Gruntfile:
'use strict';
module.exports =…
Jack
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Show warnings when extend() is missing base class?
I'm doing some class extensions in Less, but it's silently failing if the class I attempt to extend isn't found. I'd really like to see a warning about that. Is there a way to enable it?
.foo {
&:extend(.bar); // .bar is undefined, fails…
keithjgrant
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grunt-contrib-less won't import .css files
My main less file @ private/less/app.less
@import 'a.less';
@import 'b.css';
which is importing:
private/less/a.less
& private/less/b.css
My grunt file:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
less: {
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Bryan Grace
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How to run multiple LESS tasks with GruntJS Watch?
I have the following Gruntfile.js. My bootstrap.less file has tons of imports which includes all the plugins' CSS codes as well. Therefore, the bootstrap takes from 5-20 seconds to compile whenever I make a change to any less files. Is there any way…
Suthan Bala
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Compile LESS files with Grunt from multiple directories into single one, at given path
Using Grunt I would like to compile .less files coming from different dynamic sources into a single .css destination file, at a given path.
For instance, my source files are organized this way:
app
|_ modules
|_ module1
| |_…
Matteo Piazza
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Importance of names 'development' and 'production' in grunt-contrib-less
The example from grunt-contrib-less:
less: {
development: {
options: {
paths: ["assets/css"]
},
files: {
"path/to/result.css": "path/to/source.less"
}
},
production: {
options: {
paths: ["assets/css"],
…
Mads Skjern
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Sublime Text 3 and sublime-grunt-build
So i have an error, while i try to build, there is commandline which says:
grunt-cli: The grunt command line interface. (v0.1.13)
[Finished in 0.1s with exit code 99]
[cmd: ['grunt.cmd', '--no-color']]
[dir: F:\LavkaLavka\Shop]
[path: C:\Program…
thematrixhasyou
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Less SourceMap absolute file paths using Grunt
I have a file structure that looks like this (simplified for brevity):
/less/
/styles.less
/public/
/css/
/styles.css
/styles.css.map
/gruntfile.js
Gruntfile.js:
less: {
options: {
sourceMap: true,
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dmathisen
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Can I change .less to a.min.css with a source map and still be able to view the .less files in Dev Tools?
I am using this gruntfile to change my .less file to .css files.
module.exports = function (grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
less: {
development: {
files: [{
expand: true,
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Alan2
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Difference Between sourceMapRootpath and sourceMapBasepath?
The grunt contrib less plugin has two similar sounding properties with similar descriptions.
sourceMapBasepath : Sets the base path for the less file paths in the source map.
sourceMapRootpath : Adds this path onto the less file paths in the source…
Code Whisperer
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Is it possible to work in Chrome developer tools with less files?
Working on the mobile theme for Oxid eshop. I‘m having difficulties to set up a grunt configuration to compile the less files together with a sourcemap, so that I could work with Chrome developer tools. I have latest versions of grunt and npm…
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grunt watch compiled less but not generating css
Grunt watch compiled my LESS file, but is not generating a CSS file. I don't know what the issue is. Can anyone out there help?
Here is my grunt code:
module.exports = function(grunt)…
Manikandan
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