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Consolidate-style engine for rendering .less files. Can be used with assemble, verb, express, or any other application that supports consolidate-style engines.

License: MIT License

JavaScript 98.53% CSS 1.47%

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engine-less

Consolidate-style engine for rendering .less files.

Install with npm

$ npm i engine-less --save

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API

.render

Less string support. Process the given str of less and invoke the callback callback(err, css).

Params

str {String}
options {Object|Function}: or callback.
callback {Function}

Example

var str = '@red: #900;\n.foo {color: @red;}';
engine.render(str, function (err, css) {
  console.log(css);
  //=> '.foo {\n  color: #990000;\n}\n'
});

.renderFile

Less file support. Process a .less file at the given fp and callback callback(err, css).

Params

filepath {String}
options {Object|Function}: or callback function.
callback {Function}

Example

var less = require('engine-less');
less.renderFile('my-styles.less', {}, function (err, css) {
  console.log(css);
  //=> '.aaa {\n  color: blue;\n}\n'
});