YUI Compressor is a JavaScript and CSS 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] Global Options -h, --help Displays this information --type <js|css> Specifies the type of the input file --charset <charset> Read the input file using <charset> --line-break <column> Insert a line break after the specified column number -v, --verbose Display informational messages and warnings -o <file> Place the output into <file>. Defaults to stdout. 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.
Version X.Y.Z of this package will bundle the corresponding
version of the compressor.