Better alternatives to "compass watch"

[Steffen Hiller]

Just wondering if anybody is already using something better than the "compass watch" option?

It gets really annoying. Sometimes I refresh before the compilation has finished, and of course wonder why my style didn't take effect.

I think David Kaneda mentioned the option through compiling right on saving through TextMate.
I couldn't find details on this.

I have another idea, but wanted to hear other ideas / suggestions first.

Thanks.

[rdougan]

You can just do `compass compile` which compiles it.

You could then add this as a command in TextMate with the shortcut being CMD + S (so it is called everytime you save).

[Steffen Hiller]

You can just do `compass compile` which compiles it.

You could then add this as a command in TextMate with the shortcut being CMD + S (so it is called everytime you save).

Mind sharing a quick screenshot of your command settings window?

[rdougan]

http://cl.ly/4OM8/Screen_shot_2011-02-04_at_18.59.27.png

You can also use the current directory using {TEXTMATE_CURRENT_DIR} or something similar. You'll need to check on that..

[rdougan]

It's `$TM_PROJECT_DIRECTORY`.

[Steffen Hiller]

Awesome thanks!

I just did "compass compile ../" but yours works, too.

Though, this is still not perfect, since it still has a slight delay and still could cause refreshing before it has finished compiling.

My idea is to run your ST site through a small Rack server and call compass compile with every request.
Since you make a request to your ST usually only when refreshing, this should be a pretty perfect solution. :)

Will try that out this weekend.

[rdougan]

Which version of compass are you running? The latest beta has a problem where it is quite slow at compiling. With the normal version I have never had any issues with it being too slow, even with a huge SCSS library.

[Steffen Hiller]

Which version of compass are you running? The latest beta has a problem where it is quite slow at compiling. With the normal version I have never had any issues with it being too slow, even with a huge SCSS library.

0.10.6

And you?

[rdougan]

Ah, you should have the normal fast version then.

I'm running --pre as I need the new features in the beta for what I am working on.

[Steffen Hiller]

Ah, you should have the normal fast version then.

I'm running --pre as I need the new features in the beta for what I am working on.

Hm yeah, it's the latest.

Really strange, do you really not feel any delay? I don't have the newest MBP, but a 2nd gen SSD, and generally my computer is that slow.

[rdougan]

To be honest, I haven't messed around with Touch in months so I don't really know. But the Sass in Ext4 is much bigger and I've never noticed it. Maybe I'm just used to it though..

[Steffen Hiller]

Anyway, that would by my solution:



use Rack::Static, :urls => ['/app', '/css', '/images', '/vendor']

run lambda { |env|
`compass compile`
[200, { 'Content-Type' => 'text/html', 'Cache-Control' => 'public, max-age=86400' }, File.open('index.html', File::RDONLY)]
}


Works perfectly.

[Steffen Hiller]

Well, maybe not perfect since you feel a delay while refreshing, but still, at least I don't refresh before compiling anymore.

Maybe it's my not so new MBP after all.
But it has to bear with me until there are new MBPs out.

P.S. I also read somewhere that others felt the same delay, so I figured this might be a common problem.