compass(1)						      General Commands Manual							compass(1)

NAME

       compass - The compass command line tool will help you create and manage the stylesheets for your project.

SYNOPSIS

       compass [options] [project]

DESCRIPTION

       The compass command line tool will help you create and manage the stylesheets for your project.

Mode Options (only specify one)
       -i, --install
	       Create a new compass project.The default mode when a project is provided.

       -u, --update
	       Update the current project.This is the default when no project is provided.

       -w, --watch
	       Monitor the current project for changes and update

       -p,--pattern
	       Stamp out a pattern into the current project.Must be used with -f.

       --write-configuration
	       Write the current configuration to the configuration file.

       --list-frameworks
	       List compass frameworks available to use

       --validate
	       Validate your project's compiled css. Requires Java.

       --grid-img [DIMENSIONS]
	       Generate a background image to test grid alignment.  Dimension is given as <column_width>+<gutter_width>.Defaults to 30+10.

Install/Pattern Options:
       -f, --framework FRAMEWORK
	       Use the specified framework. Only one may be specified.

       -n, --pattern-name NAME
	       The name to use when stamping a pattern.Must be used in combination with -p Sets the project type to a rails project.

       -?, -h, --help
	       Show a usage summary

Configuration Options:
       -c, --config CONFIG_FILE
	       Specify the location of the configuration file explicitly.

       --sass-dir SRC_DIR
	       The source directory where you keep your sass stylesheets

       --css-dir CSS_DIR
	       The target directory where you keep your css stylesheets.

       --images-dir IMAGES_DIR
	       The directory where you keep your images.

       --javascripts-dir JS_DIR
	       The directory where you keep your javascripts

       -e, --environment ENV
	       Use sensible defaults for your current environment.

       -s, --output-style STYLE
	       Select a CSS output mode.

       --relative-assets
	       Make compass asset helpers generate relative urls to assets.

General Options:
       -r, --require LIBRARY
	       Require the given ruby LIBRARY before running commands

       -q, --quiet
	       Quiet mode.

       --dry-run
	       Dry Run. Tells you what it plans to do.

       --trace Show a full stacktrace on error

       --force Force. Allows some failing commands to succeed instead.

       --imports
	       Emit an imports suitable for passing to the sass command-line.

       --install-dir
	       Emit the location where compass is installed.

       -?, -h, --help
	       Show this message

       -v, --version
	       Print version

SEE ALSO

       This  program  is  shipped as part of the libcompass-ruby1.8 library package, you can check its corresponding documentation can be found in
       the libcompass-ruby-doc package.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Deepak Tripathi<apenguinlinux@gmail.com>, based on the command-line output of this program, for the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be freely used by others).

								   June 22, 2010							compass(1)