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paplop

27 Aug, 2010 10:50 AM

Hi,
I'm using LESS with MacRabbit Espresso.
There isn't any code support for the nested classes ( ...{ ...{ ... } } ).

Can you help me with some sugar.less ? (I just published this message in the espresso forum too).

Thanks,
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1. 1 Posted by paplop on 11 Sep, 2010 02:55 PM

   

   I think that the only canche is to create by myself a sugar for LESS: there isn't any LESS sugar for Espresso just developed with the nested classes management?

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2. 2 Posted by JayKayAu on 12 Oct, 2010 07:37 AM

   

   I'd like this too. Subscribing in case there's further news :)

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3. 3 Posted by williamhutter on 20 Sep, 2011 09:55 PM

   

   I'd like too also ! LESS and Espresso would be the perfect match to design sites :)

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4. 4 Posted by Antoine on 29 Sep, 2011 01:42 PM

   

   Here is a start for those who want to use LESS with Espresso ;)
   https://github.com/hawx/LESS.sugar

   It really needs some development, I already start to use it, but it do not recognize nested rules. If somebody want to fork it ;)

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5. 5 Posted by paplop on 10 Oct, 2011 03:43 PM

   

   With Espresso 2 there's no support to LESS.

   There is the LESS discussion in the Espresso forum: http://wiki.macrabbit.com/forums/viewthread/973/#5452

   For me this is the better LESS sugar (for now): https://github.com/cellfusion/LESS.sugar

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6. 6 Posted by paplop on 10 Oct, 2011 03:54 PM

   

   I correct, the best cookie I've tried is this: https://github.com/mkoistinen/LESS.sugar

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7. 7 Posted by Brian on 23 Mar, 2012 05:04 PM

   

   Paplop, why do you prefer the mkoistinen fork to cellfusion's?

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8. 8 Posted by Antoine on 23 Mar, 2012 05:34 PM

   

   I gave it a try and paplop. It is the more efficient sugar for now.
   Cellfusion's sugar does not fully support CSS/LESS completion. Mkoistinen's one does :)

   Thanks Paplop !

   -- https://github.com/mkoistinen/LESS.sugar

   • LESS.sugar.zip 16.2 KB
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9. 9 Posted by paplop on 28 Mar, 2012 08:54 AM

   

   You're welcome Antoine ;-)

   Brian, it's true: I tested all sugars and mkoinstinen was the best. However, it is absurd that MacRabbit doesn't support natively this widely used tool.

   Espresso was a good candidate to became the best front-end dev friend but now, after 2 years of use I think that is only slightly more comfortable than TextMate without the great support of TextMate.

   Unfortunately Espresso has proved a low-aptitude to the ruby-on-rails-world.
   For now I switched to TextMate. A bit more inconvenient but with all dev support. Overall the best solution for front-end dev, for now.

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