Eclipse Less Plug-in

An Eclipse builder plug-in for precompiling LESS files.

Installation

1. Install Node.js.
2. Open Eclipse and go to Help-Install New Software.
3. Add the update site: http://eclipse-update.palantir.com/eclipse-less/.
4. Reboot Eclipse.

Enabling the Builder

1. Right-click on a project containing LESS files.
2. Select Configure-Enable LESS Builder.

Configuring the Builder

1. Create your-project/.settings/com.palantir.less.prefs
2. Add Eclipse style key/value pairs for the root less files

A .settings/com.palantir.less.prefs might look like

srcFiles=src/app.less;src/login.less

Development

1. git clone git@github.com:palantir/eclipse-less.git
2. Run npm install --prefix com.palantir.less com.palantir.less in the root directory of the project to install npm dependencies.
3. In Eclipse, right-click on the eclipse-less project and select Debug As - Eclipse Application.

Building the Eclipse Update Site

grunt
mvn clean install

The update site will be in com.palantir.less.p2updatesite/target/repository.