Saving LESS file that start with underscore does not generate css in Web Essentials 2013

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I'm using Web Essentials 2013 Update 4 in visual Studio 2013, and normally I can create a file with .less extension and saving it produces the .css as expected. However, if the filename starts with an underscore e.g. "_Layout.less" then no .css is produced (although the compiled form is shown in the preview window).

Is there a way to get this to work?

Jonno_FTW · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16 03:22:03Z

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It looks like that is by design, from here:

I break out my LESS files into different nested files and import them all. As they are nested, there's no need to compile them when changed. I'd love to have the ability to flag a file to not be compiled, similar to how you can flag a CSS file to be minimized.

A convention-based approach used by SASS is to prefix the file with an underscore, so _sub.scss wouldn't be compiled and main.scss would. While not a LESS convention (I don't think there is one), this would be an awesome convention to adopt.

edited Apr 16, 2015 at 3:22

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