[CLOSED] Extension LESS files can't access Brackets constants & mixins

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Issue by peterflynn
Tuesday Apr 16, 2013 at 20:16 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#3459

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1. Create a LESS file like this:

.foo {
    color:`@`bc-yellow;
}

1. Load it from an extension via ExtensionUtils.loadStyleSheet(module, "foo.less")

Result: LESS throws an exception because @bc-yellow is unrecognized.

Expected: extensions should be able to use Brackets's core LESS constants and macros.

This is probably not super important for third-party extensions yet, but it is definitely a hindrance for core extensions (those in src/extensions/default). We're forced to choose between no code reuse, or dumping styles into the core .less files instead of keeping them with the extension code that uses them. (We currently do an inconsistent mix of both).

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Comment by pthiess
Monday Apr 22, 2013 at 18:19 GMT

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Adding this to the Theme support LESS card. Closing in here.