gulp-compass
Compile Sass to CSS using Compass
Requirements
gulp-compass
requires the compass ruby gem in order to compile compass. This can easily be installed via Terminal.
$ gem update --system
$ gem install compass
Please refer the user guide
Installation
Install with npm
$ npm install gulp-compass --save-dev
Usage
Load config from config.rb
Please make sure to add css
and sass
options with the same value in config.rb
since compass
can't output css result directly.
-
css
default value iscss
. -
sass
default value issass
.
var compass = require('gulp-compass');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(compass({
config_file: './config.rb',
css: 'stylesheets',
sass: 'sass'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
Load config without config.rb
set your project path.
var compass = require('gulp-compass'),
path = require('path');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(compass({
project: path.join(__dirname, 'assets'),
css: 'css',
sass: 'sass'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
set your compass settings.
var compass = require('gulp-compass'),
minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(compass({
css: 'app/assets/css',
sass: 'app/assets/sass',
image: 'app/assets/images'
}))
.pipe(minifyCSS())
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
Support multiple require option
var compass = require('gulp-compass'),
minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(compass({
css: 'app/assets/css',
sass: 'app/assets/sass',
image: 'app/assets/images',
require: ['susy', 'modular-scale']
}))
.pipe(minifyCSS())
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
Support return the output of the Compass as the callback
var compass = require('gulp-compass'),
minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(compass({
css: 'app/assets/css',
sass: 'app/assets/sass',
image: 'app/assets/images'
}))
.on('error', function(error) {
// Would like to catch the error here
console.log(error);
this.emit('end');
})
.pipe(minifyCSS())
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
gulp-compass
with gulp-plumber
var compass = require('gulp-compass'),
plumber = require('gulp-plumber'),
minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('./src/*.scss')
.pipe(plumber({
errorHandler: function (error) {
console.log(error.message);
this.emit('end');
}}))
.pipe(compass({
css: 'app/assets/css',
sass: 'app/assets/sass',
image: 'app/assets/images'
}))
.on('error', function(err) {
// Would like to catch the error here
})
.pipe(minifyCSS())
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/assets/temp'));
});
Configuration
Configuration Options
style
default: nested
description: The output style for the compiled css. One of: nested, expanded, compact, or compressed.
comments
default: false
description: Show line comments or not.
relative
default: true
description: Are assets relative.
css
default: css
description: The target directory where you keep your css stylesheets. It is relative to the project
option.
sass
default: sass
description: The source directory where you keep your sass stylesheets. It is relative to the project
option.
javascript
default: js
description: The directory where you keep your javascripts. It is relative to the project
option.
font
default: font
description: The directory where you keep your fonts. It is relative to the project
option.
project
default: your project base
description: The location where all your assets are store.
logging
default: true
description: show/hide compile log message.
import_path
default: false
format: string
or array
description: The directory where you keep external Compass plugins or extensions that you would like to make available using the @import
function. Common use case would be setting this to your bower_components
directory for example. It is relative to the project
option.
require
default: false
format: string
or array
description: Require the given Ruby library before running commands. This is used to access Compass plugins without having a project configuration file.
load_all
default: false
description: Load all the frameworks or extensions found in the FRAMEWORKS_DIR directory.
bundle_exec
default: false
description: Run compass compile with bundle exec: bundle exec compass compile
.
sourcemap
default: false
description: Generate standard JSON source maps.
PS. Past compass versions (prior to 1.0.0) do not support --sourcemap
flag, please update sass and compass as the following version.
* sass (3.3.3)
* compass (1.0.1)
time
default: false
description: Display compilation times.
debug
default: false
description: Turns on sass's debuging information.
environment
description: The environment mode can also be development
or production
.
http_path
default: false
description: Set this to the root of your project when deployed.
generated_images_path
default: false
description: GENERATED_IMAGES_PATH. Support --generated-images-path
parameter.
task
default: compile
description: Support compass primary commands: compile or watch.
Running tests
$ gem install compass
$ gem install susy
$ gem install sass-globbing
$ gem install modular-scale
$ npm test