gistfile1.rb

#
#  COMPILING SKIN STYLES
#   
#    Run `rake -T` to see a list of available tasks (this is the `ant -p` equivalent).
#
#    Run `rake compile` from within the skin directory to compile CSS.
#
#  ABOUT RAKE
#
#    Rake is a ruby build tool similar to ant. If you
#    have Ruby installed, you have Rake installed, too. 
#    
#    http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rational_rdoc.html
#

begin
  require 'sass'
rescue LoadError
  puts "You need to install sass! See sass-lang.com for more information about sass."
end

desc "Compile sass."
task :compile do
  options = {
    :style  => :expanded,
    :cache  => false,
    :syntax => :scss,
    :load_paths => ['.','./scss']
  }    
  scss = File.read("scss/portal.scss")
  css  = Sass::Engine.new(scss, options).render
  File.open("portal.css", "w+") { |f| f.write(css) }
  puts "Compiled portal.css"
end