NAME

       csstidy - CSS parser and optimiser

SYNOPSIS

       csstidy input-file [options] [output-file]

DESCRIPTION

       The csstidy(1) command parses and optimises a css file given as input-file. If no
       output-file is specified, the results are displayed to standard output. Various options
       allow for fine-grained control over the level of readability, file size and other items.

       If you use the filename "-", csstidy reads from stdin. In most case you will probably find
       that csstidy defaults are reasonable and applicable to most situations.

       Note that csstidy is not designed to be a css validator. Although you should only enter
       valid (or rather well-formed) code, csstidy will also parse and fix incorrect code.

EXAMPLES

       To optimise a CSS file and send the output to screen use:
           csstidy mycssfile.css

       If you want to save the output to a file, use:
           csstidy mycssfile.css myoutputfile.css

       If you want to use an option[s] and output to a file, use:
           csstidy mycssfile.css --lowercase_s=true myoutputfile.css

OPTIONS

       --allow_html_in_templates=[false|true]
           default = false

       --case_properties=[false|true]
           Case for properties. Default = false.

       --compress_colors=[true|false]
           If set to true, csstidy will optimize color value by trying to save bytes (i.e. black
           becomes #000). Default = true.

       --compress_font-weight=[true|false]
           If set to true, csstidy will optimize font value by trying to save bytes (i.e. normal
           becomes 400). Default = true.

       --discard_invalid_properties=[false|true]
           If set to true, csstidy will remove invalid properties. In a sense this is like
           validation, except you get no warnings unless you study the output. As an example, if
           you misspelled the property "width" as "with", that property will simply be removed.
           Default = false.

       --lowercase_s=[false|true]
           If set to true, all uppercase selectors (i.e. A, P, SPAN) will be rewritten in
           lowercase. Default = false.

       --preserve_css=[false|true]
           All comments and most browser specific hacks will be removed if this is set to false.
           Setting this to true will preserve browser specific hacks. Default = false.

       --remove_bslash=[true|false]
           Remove unnecessary backslashes. This may or may not be desirable depending upon
           whether you have used backslashes to accommodate browsers that do not comply with w3c
           standards. Default = true.

       --remove_last_;=[false|true]
           Default = false.

       --silent=[false|true]
           When set to true, csstidy will not output information about the optimizations
           preformed. Default = false.

       --sort_properties=[false|true]
           Sorts properties (i.e. background, color, width) of selectors. Default = false.

       --sort_selectors=[false|true]
           Sorts selectors. Use this with caution, as it will totally rearrange any sense of
           layout in your file that you may have written into it, and css is sensitive to order.
           Sorts in order of ID's, classes and then selectors. Default = false.

       --timestamp=[false|true]
           If set to true, adds a comment enclosed timestamp to the top of the output. Default =
           false.

       --merge_selectors=[2|1|0]
           If selectors (including ID's and classes) have identical properties, then csstidy will
           merge them. A setting of 2 represents a high degree of merging. 0 represents no
           merging. Default = 2.

       --optimise_shorthands=[1|2|0]
           If set to 2, csstidy will invoke all optimisations. 0 represents no optimisations, and
           1 a safe level of optimatisations. Default = 1.

       --template=[default|filename|low|high|highest]
           Affects how much whitespace is removed and ultimately the readability of the output.

CSS HACKS

       The following is a list of all CSS hacks that will not be modified by default by csstidy.
       If you enable "preserve CSS", more hacks will be saved. In general you should do without
       CSS hacks anyway, but if you need them and want to use csstidy you should use one of the
       following hacks:

           p\roperty:value; (only if you disable the removal of unnecessary backslashes)
           div#test
           head:first-child+body div
           body>div
           html[xmlns] div
           @import "null?\"\\{"; @import "styles.css"; (and all other @import rules)
           @media all{/\* rules \*/}
           * html div
           i\{content:"\"/*"\} div\{property:value\}
           html*#test
           _property:value

AUTHOR

       Written by Florian Schmitz <floele@gmail.com>

RESOURCES

       Main web site: http://csstidy.sourceforge.net/

       This manual page was written by Kevin Coyner <kcoyner@debian.org> for the Debian project
       but may be used by others.

                                            03/18/2007                                 CSSTIDY(1)