SCSS file not compiling anymore

Question

Until yesterday Sass was working just fine, now, Sass doesn't compile my SCSS file anymore.

Here's what I've tried so far but nothing fixes the problem:

1. Uninstalling current version of Sass and installing an older version
2. Installing the latest version of Sass
3. Uninstalling Ruby and installing the latest version
4. Rebooting my machine

Technical information:

• Win7 64b
• Sass version 3.2.3
• Compass version 0.12.2
• CMD commands used: sass --watch scss:css --style compact --compass --debug-info
• Editor: Sublime Text 2

Other information:

Something weird that happens is that if I write something incorrect in my .scss file, for example a four digit hex value for a color like #f00a and then run --watch, Sass immediately detects the problem, and rewrites the .css file with the error.

This means that Sass is, in some way, partially working.

After typing all the --watch commands, Sass initiates normally saying: >>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.

However, when I save my .scss file, Sass doesn't compile anymore. It just stays there.

Has anyone else had this issue where Sass just stops compiling?

Thing is that now I can't work on my projects anymore since there's no way to create CSS files anymore, so any help on this is immensely appreciated.

Thanks.

--UPDATE

I'm still not able to compile.

However, after stopping the --watch I get a huge list of items in my CMD. In my home PC Sass is working fine and when I stop the --watch I don't get any list like this one or anything:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

c:\...\www>sass --watch scss:css --style compact --compass --debug-info --trace
>>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.

C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/util/multibyte_string_sc anner.rb:36:in `scan': Interrupt from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/util/multibyte_string_scanner.rb:36:in `scan'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1142:in `tok'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:865:in `value!'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:845:in `declaration'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:568:in `block in declaration_or_ruleset'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1090:in `block in catch_error'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1090:in `catch'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:1090:in `catch_error'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:567:in `declaration_or_ruleset'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:540:in `block_child'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:532:in `block_contents'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:521:in `block'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:515:in `ruleset'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:539:in `block_child'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:532:in `block_contents'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:70:in `stylesheet'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/scss/parser.rb:27:in `parse'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/engine.rb:342:in `_to_tree'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/engine.rb:315:in `_render'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/engine.rb:262:in `render'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:341:in `update_stylesheet'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:203:in `block in update_stylesheets'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:201:in `each'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:201:in `update_stylesheets'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:235:in `watch'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/plugin.rb:107:in `method_missing'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:444:in `watch_or_update'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:307:in `process_result'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:41:in `parse'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/lib/sass/exec.rb:21:in `parse!'
    from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.3/bin/sass:8:in `<top(required)>'
    from C:/Ruby193/bin/sass:23:in `load'
    from C:/Ruby193/bin/sass:23:in `<main>'
Terminate batch job (Y/N)?

Is there something wrong with the CSS parser or something?

Answer 1

I experienced a similar issue, but using Sass with Compass. Luckily I managed to solve the problem by running the compass clean command which removes the .sass-cache files and the compiled .css files. Then just run the compass --watch command again. Hope this might help someone else.

Answer 2

Admittedly this was very stupid of me, but it did happen to be the problem I had when stumbling upon this stackoverflow Q&A.

This was the simple answer to my very simple problem:

Make sure you're @importing the file in your main style.scss file.

Clearly not the answer to your very complex problem, but it may help some newbie who was in a similar position to me!