Django + Mac osx how to use less css?

Question

There is no less css command line compiler in mac osx. But I am trying out a project which needs to use less css.
Also less is used to compress the css files in the project. How do I handle this? I read in less website that its js can be run on a node.js server - http://lesscss.org/#-server-side-usage
But I am not understanding how to integrate it with django. What should be the value for the COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS ?

COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS = (                                                       
('text/less',""),                 

)

Any help appreciated from someone who has already solved this problem.

Answer 1

1. Install node.js and npm (I used homebrew to install node.js and the instructions at http://npmjs.org/ to install npm)
2. Install the command-line less compiler with npm install --global less
3. Add lessc to COMPASS_PRECOMPILERS (directions).

Here's the relevant snippet:

COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS = (
    ('text/less', 'lessc {infile} {outfile}'),
)

Also, COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS is from django_compressor, a django app, not from django itself. I think django_compressor looks quite good, but there are other options available as well.

Answer 2

Have you tried the less.app for OS X?

http://incident57.com/less/