Compiling LESS Stylesheets to CSS
When editing LESS files, you can compile the files into CSS. Oxygen XML Editor plugin provides both manual and automatic options to compile LESS stylesheets into CSS.
Important
The LESS processor works well only with files having the UTF-8 encoding. Thus,
it is highly recommended that you always use the
utf-8 encoding when
working with LESS files or the files they import (other LESS or CSS files). You can
use the
following directive at the beginning of your
files:@charset "utf-8";
You have two options for compiling LESS files to CSS:
- Use the contextual menu in a LESS file and select Compile to CSS (Ctrl + Shift + C (Command + Shift + C on OS X)).
- Enable the Automatically compile LESS
to CSS when saving option in the settings (open the
Preferences dialog box and go to ). If enabled, when you save a LESS file it will automatically be compiled
to CSS (this option is disabled by default).
Important
If this option is enabled, when you save a LESS file, the CSS file that has the same name as the LESS file is overwritten without warning. Make sure all your changes are made in the LESS file. Do not edit the CSS file directly, as your changes might be lost.