Netbeans 7.2 + Less plugin

Question

I read this topic about a Less plugin for Netbeans: Add syntax highlighting to .less-files in NetBeans

Anyone know a solution to version 7.2 of Netbeans without bugs? Adding a new file type is not the best solution because it displays several syntax errors.

Answer 1

I'm using this plugin: http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/32782/lesscss-module. Works fine for me (in 7.2). update: new plugin version: http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/41315/lesscss-module

Since Netbeans 7.4 less is supported by Netbeans without the need for an additional plugin.

Answer 2

LESS or SASS support should be added to 7.3 next version, maybe during 2013 summer.

source : http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216509

This Less plugin doesn't work for me either, I switched to SublimeText2 for syntax support - coloring at least.

Answer 3

LessCSS and SASS is being developed in 7.4. If you use Netbeans Dev Nightlies, you get it out of the box.

There are still bugs in LESS parsing but hey, this are in development right now.

Get it from http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/latest/start.html

It also includes less and sass compiling right after you edit. Not very advanced options, just "compile all files in this folder into this other one".

http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans_74_NewAndNoteworthy