{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/madskristensen/WebEssentials2015/issues/123","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/madskristensen/WebEssentials2015/issues/123/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/madskristensen/WebEssentials2015/issues/123/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/madskristensen/WebEssentials2015/issues/123/events","html_url":"https://github.com/madskristensen/WebEssentials2015/issues/123","id":114043251,"number":123,"title":"Using Merge and Parent features of Less with VS 2015 and WebCompiler","user":{"login":"Exertive","id":6514868,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6514868?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive","html_url":"https://github.com/Exertive","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Exertive/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-10-29T12:54:05Z","updated_at":"2015-10-29T12:54:05Z","closed_at":null,"body":"This must be a feature of underlying 'lessc', 'less.js' etc. rather than the WebCompiler tools themselves but I have had difficulty in compiling merge ('+') and parent ('&') expressions in less:\r\n\r\nThis is what happens with the merge example from http://lesscss.org/features/\r\n\r\nWithout merging:\r\n\r\n.shadowmixin() {\r\n    box-shadow: inset 0 0 10px #555;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.shadowclass {\r\n    .shadowmixin();\r\n    box-shadow: 0 0 20px black;\r\n}\r\n\r\nWith merging:\r\n\r\n.shadowmixin() {\r\n  box-shadow+: inset 0 0 10px #555;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.shadowclass {\r\n  .shadowmixin();\r\n  box-shadow+: 0 0 20px black;\r\n}\r\n\r\nHere Intellisense issues a 'warning' (green wavy underline) for the '+' characters:\r\n\r\nMissing a colon (':') between the property and value in the \"(property) : (value)\" declaration.\t\r\n\r\nOn compilation, every appears fine and 'success' is declared; but the resulting '.css' file is empty! \r\nAs a workaround I am using the CSS files produced by other, more successful, applications (e.g. Prepos on Windows). Have you experienced the same or similar?\r\n\r\nDavid (Aspinall)\r\nExertive Technology"}}