Optimizing css compiler

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I'd like real optimization/compilation of my CSS styles (not just minification), in a similar vein as the Google Closure Compiler works for JavaScript.

For example, if my entire stylesheet is just:

div#hello { 
    color: #FFF;
    background-color: #000;
}

div#hello p {
    color: #FFF;
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

a {
    color: #FFF;
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

That can be optimized down into (I'm keeping whitespace here for readability, but obviously that would have to go too):

#hello {
    color: #FFF;
    background: #000
}

#hello p, a {
    color: #FFF;
    margin: 10px;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
}

John Rasch · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-20 17:34:46Z

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It looks like you want CSSTidy: http://csstidy.sourceforge.net/

answered Jul 20, 2011 at 17:34

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Aaron Yodaiken Over a year ago

How would you compare this with iceyboard.no-ip.org/projects/css_compressor?

Joel · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-20 17:34:10Z

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This seems to be what you are looking for:

http://iceyboard.no-ip.org/projects/css_compressor

Heres a comparison of a few others:

http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/17/css-optimization/

answered Jul 20, 2011 at 17:34

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Aaron Yodaiken Over a year ago

How would you compare this with CSSTidy?

Joel Over a year ago

The second link I sent you says icey is better than CleanCSS, which is based off of tidy. But that was 5 years ago so things may have changed. Icey is just a webpage, and tidy seems like a small download. Why don't you try both and see which compresses your code better? If compression is a major concern, you can use both.

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