using Less instead of css

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Hi ,

Recently I found this page :

http://lesscss.org/

according to the statement and the examples it looks cool :

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables, mixins, operations and functions. LESS runs on both the client-side (IE 6+, Webkit, Firefox) and server-side, with Node.js.

Anyone have heard of it or give a try?

It looks to me a viable option for css styling in concrete5 (even at core level)

opinions are well came

notzen
 
ijessup replied on at Permalink Reply
ijessup
Interesting. These things are already accomplished in c5 by putting the CSS inside PHP files and/or being directly modified by JS.

I doubt we'd see a rewrite to incorporate LESS, but I don't see why it couldn't be used by a block or theme.

Nice find!
notzen replied on at Permalink Reply
notzen
I suppose once you install the compiler you can use it provide that you invoke first it.

Honestly i find a bit tricky the css styling using at the moment in concrete.

it could be a nice add as there is already a js ,php etc... compiler
rgudinho replied on at Permalink Reply
rgudinho
I've just found it too, along with this other toolhttp://semantic.gs/ which uses LESS to create a semantic really nice set of rules, and this toolkithttp://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/... also based on LESS, I'm looking forward to give'em a try on a C5 site, I'll keep you all posted.
lukaswhite replied on at Permalink Reply
lukaswhite
Hi there

I've just developed a really simple add-on for Less. It's basically a helper you can use from a view or theme, whereby you can link to a .less file and it will compile it to CSS as required.

I'll pop it on the Marketplace soon as I can (I'll make it free of charge)

Lukas
ijessup replied on at Permalink Reply
ijessup
Very cool. Thanks for your hard work!