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CSS Advanced Sass Getting Started Source Maps

Posted by Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points

sourcemap does not work as indicated

Do I need to install another gem for this to work? I'll I'm getting is an error that says:

"OptionParser::InvalidOption: invalid option: --sourcemap Use --trace for backtrace."

not entirely sure what that means, but some clarification would be greatly appreciated

4 Answers

Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points

I can't seem to find out how to upgrade to Sass 3.3 via command line. googled it but couldn't find the command to do it

Edit: I'll mark this as the best answer, but only to indicate that the answers below are the best answers. they have to button with which to select them as the best answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Simply run the following.

gem install sass -v 3.4.1

Currently 3.4.2 is broken if you use --watch whereas 3.4.1 isn't.

Typically you upgrade using the following command.

gem update sass

EDIT: I just saw Sass 3.4.3 is out so simply running the update command above will suffice.

Dale Sande
STAFF
Dale Sande
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Dale Sande
Dale Sande
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey everyone - I just wanted to throw an update in here as things have changed since I produced the demo.

One, you no longer need to pass in --sourcemaps into the watch command as this is default functionality. Also, the process for setting the source map file has changed in Chrome as well. Best answer to this can be found here:

http://www.sitepoint.com/using-source-maps-debug-sass-chrome/

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Wendell,

Which version of Sass do you have and what is the full command you're running? To check your version run the below.

sass -v
Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points
Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points

it says version

 3.2.10 <Media Mark>
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Source maps wern't introduced until Sass 3.3 so you'll need to upgrade