yuicompressor For Linux

yuicompressor is a CSS and JavaScript minifier written in Java. This package bundles the YUI Compressor JAR file to ease its use in Python projects. Note that you still need to have Java Runtime Environment installed.

For instance, you may use this package with buildout. First, create the buildout.cfg file:

[buildout] parts = yuicompressor

[yuicompressor] recipe = zc.recipe.egg eggs = yuicompressor

Next, download buildout bootstrap script and run the buildout itself:

$ wget http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/trunk/bootstrap/bootstrap.py $ python bootstrap.py Creating directory 'bin'. Creating directory 'parts'. Creating directory 'develop-eggs'. Generated script 'bin/buildout'. $ bin/buildout Installing yuicompressor. Getting distribution for 'yuicompressor'. Got yuicompressor 2.4.6. Generated script 'bin/yuicompressor'.

The yuicompressor script is ready to use:

$ bin/yuicompressor Usage: java -jar yuicompressor-x.y.z.jar [options] [input file]

JavaScript Options --nomunge Minify only, do not obfuscate --preserve-semi Preserve all semicolons --disable-optimizations Disable all micro optimizations

If no input file is specified, it defaults to stdin. In this case, the 'type' option is required. Otherwise, the 'type' option is required only if the input file extension is neither 'js' nor 'css'.

You could then integrate this with a package that relies on the compressor, e.g. django-compress and worry no more.

User-level installation with easy_install does make sense even for standalone use, e.g. having yuicompressor in your PATH.