FAQ

FAQ

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How do I get this application?

• Buy it from from http://compass.handlino.com/ (30% sales to UMDF). Once you bought it, We will send an email with download links to your PayPal's email address. You will also get 1.x updates for free. If you have any problem, please contact us @compass_app on twitter or compassapp@kkbox.com.
• If you have contributed to Sass/Compass in any form (maintainer/extension author/others), please mail us to get a free copy.
• If you really don't want to send money via PayPal, You can mail us, and buy us or @chriseppstein a beer someday.
• Build it yourself.

Can I use other compass extension?

Yes. Please check Use Compass Extensions section.

Can I use my own rubygems?

Yes. You can specify the gem path in preferences. Compass.app will try to load it in JRuby (so native gems will not work).

I do not want compass_app_log.txt. How do I remove it?

You can uncheck "Log File" option in Preference > Notification.

How do I remove the line comment in CSS?

You can choose "Change Options...", and uncheck the "Line Comment" option.

How do I generate compressed CSS?

You can choose "Change Options...", and check the "compressed" option.

You have a built-in web server. What web server do you use?

Compass.app has included WEBrick, a tiny web server and good for development & testing purpose.

Can I use Compass.app to do "sass watch", and not have to create a compass project?

Yes. Please check Sass Mode section.

Can I use Compass.app to watch multiple projects at the same time?

No.

Can I use Compass.app to compile Haml, ERB, Markdown, and more?

No. Please check our Fire.app.

How to use Compass.app to watch/compile a project on the network folders on Windows?

The short answer: Please map the folder to a network drive, like Z://projectFolder, and watch the folder in Compass.app.

The long answer: Compass.app is powered by JRuby, which makes Ruby/Sass/Compass works better and easier on Windows. But Compass.app can not watch a network folder (aka. UNC path) directly due to a JRuby bug. But if you map the folder to a network drive, it will behave just like a local folder magically.

How to use Compass.app on Ubuntu 11.10

Thank @bueltge https://github.com/handlino/CompassApp/issues/43#issuecomment-3302799

• Install configuratuin editor: sudo apt-get install dconf-tools.
• Start this editor: dconf-editor.
• Go to: desktop → unity → panel.
• Remove all entries to ['all']or create an whitelist with your apps. Ex: ['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Wine', 'Skype', 'hp-systray', 'scp-dbus-service'].
• Restart unity by pressing Alt + F2 and entering: unity --replace If you run this from a normal terminal Unity will break when you close that terminal forcing a restart.

How to use Compass.app on Ubuntu 12.04/12.10?

Pretty much the opposite of how you make it work in 11.10

• Install configuration editor gsettings with: sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
• Whitelist all applications with by running the following command in a terminal: gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"
• Double check that it applied correctly, gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist should spit out ['all']
• Restart unity by pressing Alt + F2 and entering: unity --replace If you run this from a normal terminal Unity will break when you close that terminal forcing a restart.

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