Compile LESS files with source maps

Question

How can I compile a LESS file to output a source map file (.css.map) in addition to a CSS file? Is there a way to do it on both command line (NodeJS\'s le

Answer 1

If the command line doesn't suite you, Grunt is great at this type of thing. You can configure the grunt-contrib-less plugin to generate inline maps with a config like this:

 less: {
        options: {
            sourceMap:true,
            outputSourceFiles: true
        },
        lessFiles: {
            expand: true,
            flatten:false,
            src: ['**/*.less'],
            dest: ['dist/'],
            ext: '.css',
        }
    },

https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-less