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.IX Title "CSS::LESSp 3pm"
.TH CSS::LESSp 3pm "2021-01-07" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
CSS::LESSp \- LESS for perl. Parse .less files and returns valid css (lesscss.org for more info about less files)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use CSS::LESSp;
\&
\&  my $buffer;
\&  open(IN, "file.less");
\&  for ( <IN> ) { $buffer .= $_ };
\&  close(IN);
\& 
\&  my @css = CSS::LESSp\->parse($buffer);
\&
\&  print join("", @css);
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or you could simply use the lessp.pl tool in the package
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\&  $ lessp.pl css.less > css.css
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module is designed to parse and compile .less files in to .css files.
.PP
About the documentation and syntax of less files please visit lesscss.org
.SH "DIFFERENCE WITH THE ORIGINAL LESS FOR RUBY"
.IX Header "DIFFERENCE WITH THE ORIGINAL LESS FOR RUBY"
What is the benefits of \s-1LESS\s0 for perl ...
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It's extremely fast :
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.Vb 1
\&  # time ./lessp.pl big.less > big.css
\&
\&  real    0m2.198s
\&  user    0m2.174s
\&  sys     0m0.020s
\&  
\&  # time lessc big.less big.css
\&
\&  real    0m18.805s
\&  user    0m18.437s
\&  sys     0m0.184s
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.SH "METHODS"
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\fIparse\fR
.IX Subsection "parse"
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Main parse method, returns array of the css file
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\fIcopyFunction\fR
.IX Subsection "copyFunction"
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\fIcopyTo\fR
.IX Subsection "copyTo"
.PP
\fIdump =head3 getSelector =head3 getValue =head3 getVariable =head3 insertChild =head3 insertFunction =head3 insertRule =head3 insertVariable =head3 isFunction =head3 new =head3 process\fR
.IX Subsection "dump =head3 getSelector =head3 getValue =head3 getVariable =head3 insertChild =head3 insertFunction =head3 insertRule =head3 insertVariable =head3 isFunction =head3 new =head3 process"
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
a ) You can not import other less files ...
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You can't do this
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.Vb 1
\&  @import url(\*(Aq/other.less\*(Aq)
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It might be added in future versions
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b ) You can not use hsl as a color
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You can't do this
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.Vb 1
\&  color: hsl(125,125,125);
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.PP
All other bugs should be reported via
<http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=CSS\-LESSp>
or bug\-CSS\-LESSp@rt.cpan.org.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Ivan Drinchev <drinchev@gmail.com>
.SH "CONTRIBUTORS"
.IX Header "CONTRIBUTORS"
People who've helped with this project :
.PP
Michael Schout <mschout@gkg.net>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright (c) 2010.
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.