I hope I'm not creating a duplicate topic, but I've been searching for two days and can't find a solution to this.
We are starting a new project in MVC4 and we have the less version of bootstrap loaded. The issue I'm running into is when I try to reference some classes or variables in the bootstrap.less, my global.less, or any thing outside the current file. I can create a variable in the top of the current file and use it just fine, but if I want to use something out of a separate file, I have to @import it. This would be fine if my entire app's less was in one file, but I'd have to @import 4+ files into each page/section less file I create.
I added the MVC4 bundling addition from https://gist.github.com/2002958
The issue, as I am seeing it, is that each file is evaluated and converted to css independently. I tried to simplify the process and build a massive less string from all of the files in the less bundle and then convert them (Less.Parse(lessString)), but I'm getting the error:
"You are importing a file ending in .less that cannot be found"
So here's my ultimate question: Is there a way to simply parse a less string without there being a physical file referenced? That would resolve my issue.
If that's not possible for some odd reason, is there a component or process already in place that I don't know about that actually bundles the files together before minifying them?
Any light on this subject would be appreciated as I am spinning in circles trying to get this to work.
This question was also posted in the Dotless group:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/dotless/j-8OP1dNjUY