css less unrecognized statement

Question

I'm trying to add gradients through css.

I have this line for gradients in older versions of ie.

filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#e4da9d, endColorstr=#c1b676);

However the javascript interpreter for less css is giving me a syntax error for that line. Is there a way to skip that line from parsing and just output it the way it is.

Answer 1

Use

filter: ~"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#e4da9d, endColorstr=#c1b676)";

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