A while back I did a small post on parsing HTML/XML files and extracting the ids and classes into a generated CSS file. I finally got around to refactoring and packaging it into a ruby gem. This can help you rapidly prototype your markup without having to write the CSS at the same time. Use the gem to generate a scaffold CSS file that you can then fill out. The generated CSS file can also be used as a template for generating multiple “themes” for your html/xml markup :-).
You can install the CSSPrimer gem as usual with ruby gems.
–> gem install css_primer
For full documentation and examples check out the source code on github.
Next plans:
- get a working Redcar plugin!
- generating a CSS file from multiple html source files
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bryanhiggins
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Ken W
Just used it. BRILLIANT! Thank you. Saved me from having to write something similar in AppleScript.
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