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Tim Berman

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error: *___YUICSSMIN_PRESERVE_CANDIDATE_COMMENT_521___*/

Post Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:00 pm
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When compressing a CSS file I am getting an error in the resulting minified file. The minified file contains the string *___YUICSSMIN_PRESERVE_CANDIDATE_COMMENT_521___*/

I have put a copy of the original file and the minified version on a server so you can see.


original:
http://media.news.com.au/fe/tmp/yuicomp ... n-news.css

minified: (minified online at http://www.refresh-sf.com/yui/ which uses YUI Compressor 2.4.7)
http://media.news.com.au/fe/tmp/yuicomp ... nifier.css

Is there a fix for this error with YUI Compressor?

Tubal Martin

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Re: error: *___YUICSSMIN_PRESERVE_CANDIDATE_COMMENT_521___*/

Post Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:09 am
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Hi,

The cause of your issue is you're using the * selector hack for IE right after a comment:

Code:
/*comment*/*width:auto;


YUI gets troubled with that, it's an issue for sure!

Until YUI fixes it (can take months or years) I suggest you add a space after any comment:

Code:
/*comment*/ *width:auto;


Or you can use my PHP port of the YUI compressor which fixes your issue. My port is well tested and it's being recently adopted by Minify, a popular framework for minifying resources.


Cheers,

Tim Berman

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Re: error: *___YUICSSMIN_PRESERVE_CANDIDATE_COMMENT_521___*/

Post Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:41 pm
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The workaround will work fine for our needs. Thanks for helping out with the annoying issue!

Tim
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