Squishit.Less doesn't do anything - less

Question

I've used package manager to install Squishit.Less 0.9.3, and I have two files
style.less - #import "test.less";
test.less - body{background-color: pink;}.
In my page I have:
<%= Bundle.Css().Add("~/less/style.less").ForceRelease().Render("~/less/combined.css") %>
But the output I get is: #import"test.less"; - the less processor hasn't tried to get the import for some reason?
I've tried ProcessImports but that made no difference.

Answer 1

I just verified in a sample project that it works correctly.
You should NOT need to call ProcessImports - the less preprocessor should do this automatically. ProcessImports is for #imports in standard CSS, which aren't processed by default.
I suspect what happened is that NuGet didn't add the file that registers the preprocessor. As a result the less preprocessor is never called. If you look under App_Start you should see a file called SquishItLess.cs with the following contents:
[assembly: WebActivator.PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(MyProject.App_Start.SquishItLess), "Start")]
namespace MyProject.App_Start
{
using SquishIt.Framework;
using SquishIt.Less;
public class SquishItLess
{
public static void Start()
{
Bundle.RegisterStylePreprocessor(new LessPreprocessor());
}
}
}
If this file is missing, you can either add it or add the Bundle.RegisterStylePreprocessor line in your Global.asax.cs' Application_Start method.
If you're installing to a VB project this is a known issue (https://github.com/jetheredge/SquishIt/issues/232) and will be addressed when the plug is pulled on .net 3.5 support.