How to pipe output of sass --watch to autoprefixer? - sass

I have a build command for my Sass styles like this:
sass src/styles/main.scss --style compressed | autoprefixer -b \"> 1%, IE 8\" > dist/main.css
Now, I would like to have a similar command for the developement process. But I can't figure out how to pipe the files changed by sass --watch to the autoprefixer cli. I managed to get around it with fswatch tool for OSX but I hope for an easier and more universal solutiond

Have you checked out gulp? It would be really easy to do what you want with the gulp-sass and gulp-autoprefixer node packages.
Something like this in your gulpfile.js:
var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
gulp.task('scss', function() {
return gulp.src('path/to/styles.scss')
.pipe(sass())
.pipe(autoprefixer())
.pipe(gulp.dest('path/to/css'))
});

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SASS cannot watch scss, using [--watch]

I made a standard installation of SASS (Dart Sass 1.16.1), following instructions: https://sass-lang.com/install.
My setup:
node -v : v11.6.0
sass --version: 1.16.0
OS: Ubuntu linux 18.04 LTE.
SASS installation:
npm install -g sass
Process flow:
First creation of CSS from SCSS:
sass index.scss index.css
Attemt to start [--watch]: (the both files are located in same folder):
sass --no-source-map --watch index.scss index.css
Also tried with colon [:] between file names, which actually is only required when specifying folders:
sass --no-source-map --watch index.scss:index.css
After activating the watch, I change something [color: red;] to [color: blue], but css is not update when saving scss.
Terminal printout after running [--watch]: None.
My SCSS file:
$color: blue;
.div-1 {
background-color: $color;
}
The CSS result without running [--watch]:
.div-1 {
background-color: red;
}
I Think the problem might be, that you need to use : between the input and the output.
sass --no-source-map --watch index.scss:index.css
Reference is here:
https://sass-lang.com/guide

File to import not found or unreadable: compass - Gulp environment

I have set up a Gulp environment, with the intention of compiling and minifying SASS with Compass.
I have created my gulpfile with all the required tasks, all my packages are installed and running, the SASS is compiling and minifying absolutely fine, until I try and add:
#import "compass";
I have Compass installed on my Mac, and the node_package is installed, but when I run the gulp task, I get this error:
error style.scss (Line 15: File to import not found or unreadable: compass
I just can't work out what the issue is here. I have seen many questions on Stackoverflow with people who are running into the same issue, and I have tried everything.
I have tried installing the --pre version on Compass, I have tried uninstalling Compass and SASS, and reinstalling them again, but nothing.
Here are my devDependencies in my package.json:
"devDependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.8.8",
"gulp-compass": "^1.3.2",
"gulp-concat": "^2.4.1",
"gulp-minify-css": "^0.3.10",
"gulp-ruby-sass": "^0.7.1",
"gulp-uglify": "^1.0.1",
"gulp-util": "^3.0.1"
}
The styles gulp task in my gulpfile.js:
gulp.task('styles', function () {
return gulp.src('../source/sass/style.scss')
.pipe(sass({sourcemap: true, sourcemapPath: 'style.css'}))
.on('error', function (err) { console.log(err.message); })
.pipe(minifyCSS())
.pipe(gulp.dest('../public/_/'));
});
And finally the gulp task that puts everything together:
gulp.task('default',['scripts', 'styles', 'watch']);
Any help would be greatly appreciated. As I say, everything is working fine. The watch task runs and compiles my SASS and Javascript when a change has been made. It just breaks when I try and import Compass.
You've installed gulp-compass, but you're not using it in your task, so it is not supposed to work.
Since you're using gulp-ruby-sass, I think you should use its compass option and set it to true, and remove the unused gulp-compass module.
Your task would look like something like this:
gulp.task('styles', function () {
return gulp.src('../source/sass/style.scss')
.pipe(sass({ compass: true, sourcemap: true, sourcemapPath: 'style.css'}))
.on('error', function (err) { console.log(err.message) })
.pipe(minifyCSS())
.pipe(gulp.dest('../public/_/'))
})

gulp-ruby-sass not a recognized command in Windows

I'm trying out gulp for the first time on a Windows Server 2012 VM. I'm normally a Mac user, so I'm a bit new to Windows & Powershell for dev tools like this. I installed Node.js & npm (and nothing else). I created the following basic Gulpfile to compile my Sass:
Gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp'),
sass = require('gulp-ruby-sass');
gulp.task('styles', function() {
return gulp.src('Content/sass_new/application.scss')
.pipe(sass({ style: 'expanded', }))
.pipe(gulp.dest('Content/css'))
});
gulp.task('watch', function() {
gulp.watch('Content/sass_new/*', ['styles']);
})
gulp.task('default', ['styles']);
In Windows Powershell, I run the gulp command, and it outputs the following:
[10:02:57] Using gulpfile C:\[path to]\gulpfile.js
[10:02:57] Starting 'styles'...
[10:02:57] gulp-ruby-sass: 'sass' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
[10:02:57] Finished 'styles' after 316 ms
[10:02:57] Starting 'default'...
[10:02:57] Finished 'default' after 15 μs
Am I missing something here? Do I need to install Ruby or Sass? I thought to do that, I'd need a Ruby command prompt and PowerShell wouldn't have access to it. Any guidance is appreciated!
Yes that's right, you need to install Ruby and Sass to get gulp-ruby-sass working.
Begin by download the Ruby installer depending on your specs at this address. Once installed you supposed to have it on your system and accessible by PowerShell or the simple command line.
After, just run the command
gem install sass
And you're done.
Download and Install Ruby : http://rubyinstaller.org/
set ruby location to Path Environment Variable
restart the command prompt
and run gem install sass
That's it.

Gulp can't seem to find compass mixins

I am trying out gulp as an alternative build tool to Grunt, to compile my scss to css, as I have heard it can be much faster.
I having problems doing even a basic compile of my scss files. I have tried using the gulp-sass, gulp-ruby-sass and gulp-compass plugins for gulp and I get pretty much the same error message every time:
error screen.scss (Line 2 of _grid.scss: Undefined mixin 'box-sizing'.)
So it looks like it is falling down as soon as it hits a compass mixin. I have ruby installed on my PC with compass version 1.0.0.alpha.19 and sass version 3.3.7.
Here is my gulpfile:
var gulp = require('gulp'),
compass = require('gulp-compass'),
sass = require('gulp-ruby-sass');
gulp.task('compass', function() {
gulp.src('../sass/UK/screen.scss')
.pipe(compass({
css: '../css',
sass: '../sass',
sourcemap: true,
style: 'compressed'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('../css/UK/screen.css'));
});
gulp.task('sass', function () {
gulp.src('../sass/UK/**/*.scss')
.pipe(sass({ style: 'compressed', sourcemap: true }))
.pipe(gulp.dest('../css/UK'));
});
Any ideas how I tell it where my copy of compass is installed? I thought it was installed globally.
There is bit of confusion around using Compass with Gulp. There are three gulp extensions: gulp-ruby-sass, gulp-compass and gulp-sass. They basically do the same thing. They compile SASS to CSS. But:
gulp-ruby-sass: Is a wrapper around command line tool: sass that comes with the language. It is written in Ruby and it is installed via gem - Ruby's package manager.
gulp-compass: Is a wrapper around command line tool: compass that comes with Compass framework. It is written in Ruby and it is also installed via gem. However, Compass is just a framework. It consists of SASS files only. All that compass command do, is setting paths to framework SASS files to sass command so that Compass dependencies are being resolved.
gulp-sass: Is a wrapper around tool: node-sass which is Node.JS binding to libsass: a C/C++ implementation of a Sass compiler.
The above answers did not work for me since I am using gulp-sass. It does not see Compass files out of the box. So first I installed compass-mixins (SASS files of Compass framework) and later I imported them with compass-importer:
import compass from 'compass-importer';
import sass from 'gulp-sass';
gulp.task('styles', function () {
return gulp.src(config.styles.src)
.pipe(sass({
importer: compass
})
.pipe(gulp.dest(config.styles.dest))
})
You right, compass should be installed globally on your system to get this work, at least easily. I recommend you to uninstall sass and compass to get something clean using
gem uninstall sass && gem uninstall compass
And then re-install them with :
gem install sass
gem install compass --pre
And after you can define a gulp task like so
gulp.task('compass', function () {
return gulp.src('../sass/UK/screen.scss')
.pipe(sass({ compass: true, sourcemap: true, style: 'compressed' }))
.pipe(gulp.dest('../css/UK/screen.css'));
});
Notice that gulp-ruby-sass has a new syntax which should look like:
gulp.task('compass', function ()
sass(../sass/UK/screen.scss, { compass: true, sourcemap: true, style: 'compressed' })
.pipe(gulp.dest('../css/UK/screen.css'));
});

gulp isn't noticing sass/compass extension imports / bundler

This is my first time using gulp. Up until now I've always used bundle exec compass watch to compile my scss files.
I'm getting the following error in the command prompt when I run gulp:
Syntax error: file to import not found or unreadable: singularitygs
load paths: ... .. on line 14 of C:\<my path>\scss\partials\0_global\_base.scss
events.js:72 throw er; /unhandled 'error' event
<-[36mgulp-ruby-sass<-[39m] Error in plugin '<-[36mgulp-ruby-sass<-[39m':
..
..
at ChildProcess. <anonamous> c:\<my path>\node_modules\gulp-ruby-by-sass\index.js:100:25)
at ChlidProcess.EventEmitter.emit(events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose(child_process.js:743:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5)
On my _base.scss file, it's seeing:
#import 'singularitygs';
#import 'toolkit';
#import 'sassy-buttons';
All of these extensions are declared in my config.rb file and in my gemfile and work fine when I run bundle exec compass watch
If I comment out singularitygs, I get the same error for toolkit and sassy-buttons if I comment out toolkit. If I comment all of them out, it throws me an error because it doesn't notice variables that toolkit uses.
My gulpfile.js includes the following:
var gulp = require('gulp'),
sass = require('gulp-ruby-sass'),
autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer'),
minifycss = require('gulp-minify-css'),
jshint = require('gulp-jshint'),
uglify = require('gulp-uglify'),
imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin'),
rename = require('gulp-rename'),
clean = require('gulp-clean'),
concat = require('gulp-concat'),
notify = require('gulp-notify'),
cache = require('gulp-cache'),
livereload = require('gulp-livereload')
compass = require('gulp-compass');
gulp.task('styles',function(){
return gulp.src('scss/*.scss')
.pipe(sass({style: 'expanded', bundleExec:true}))
.pipe(compass({config_file: 'config.rb', css:'stylesheets', sass:'scss', font:'stylesheets/fonts', require: ['singularitygs', 'toolkit', 'sassy-buttons'], bundle_exec:true}))
.pipe(autoprefixer('last 2 version', 'safari 5', 'ie 8', 'ie 9', 'opera 12.1', 'ios 6', 'android 4'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('dist/assets/css'))
.pipe(rename({suffix: '.min'}))
.pipe(minifycss())
.pipe(gulp.dest('dist/assets/css'))
.pipe(notify({message: 'Styles task complete'}));
});
I've been racking my brain at this for over 4 hours and having searching elsewhere for what it could with zero luck. I'm surely not the first person to not have bundled dependencies not work with gulp.
All of my gems are up to date and everything works fine when I compile with bundle exec compass watch. I've also tried reinstalling several different gulp packages like:
npm install gulp-ruby-sass
npm install gulp-compass
I'm also using WAMP and windows 8,.. if that matters at all.
Thanks for your time.
Please try commented the notify line.
ref https://github.com/appleboy/gulp-compass/issues/40
gulp-ruby-sass was messing things up, for some reason. Seems like more people would have ran into this problem before me though.
I commented out sass = require('gulp-ruby-sass'), and .pipe(sass({style: 'expanded', bundleExec:true})) and it worked.

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