Generate Less files from the icons object

.gitignore

@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
-*.pyc
-*.egg-info
-*.db
-*.db.old
-*.swp
-*.db-journal
-
-.coverage
-.DS_Store
-.installed.cfg
-_gh_pages/*
-
-.idea/*
-.svn/*
-src/website/static/*
-src/website/media/*
-
-bin
-cfcache
-develop-eggs
-dist
-downloads
-eggs
-parts
-tmp
-.sass-cache
-
-src/website/settingslocal.py
-stunnel.log
+*.pyc
+*.egg-info
+*.db
+*.db.old
+*.swp
+*.db-journal
+
+.coverage
+.DS_Store
+.installed.cfg
+_gh_pages/*
+
+.idea/*
+.svn/*
+src/website/static/*
+src/website/media/*
+
+bin
+cfcache
+develop-eggs
+dist
+downloads
+eggs
+parts
+tmp
+.sass-cache
+node_modules
+
+src/website/settingslocal.py
+stunnel.log

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ maintained by [Dave Gandy](http://twitter.com/byscuits). Stay up to date [@fonta
 
 Get started at http://fontawesome.io!
 
-
 ##License
 - The Font Awesome font is licensed under the SIL OFL 1.1:
   - http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
@@ -46,3 +45,17 @@ For more information on SemVer, please visit http://semver.org.
 - GitHub: https://github.com/davegandy
 - Work: Lead Product Designer @ http://kyru.us
 
+## Hacking on Font Awesome
+
+From the root of the repository, install the tools used to develop.
+
+    $ bundle install
+    $ npm install
+
+Build the project and documentation:
+
+    $ bundle exec jekyll build
+
+Or serve it on a local server on http://localhost:7998/Font-Awesome/:
+
+    $ bundle exec jekyll serve

build/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+PATH := ../node_modules/.bin:$(PATH)
+
+FA_LESS_DIRECTORY = assets/font-awesome/less
+FA_CSS_DIRECTORY = assets/font-awesome/css
+
+FA_LESS_MODERN = ${FA_LESS_DIRECTORY}/font-awesome.less
+FA_LESS_IE7 = ${FA_LESS_DIRECTORY}/font-awesome-ie7.less
+
+FA_CSS_MODERN = ${FA_CSS_DIRECTORY}/font-awesome.css
+FA_CSS_MODERN_MIN = ${FA_CSS_DIRECTORY}/font-awesome.min.css
+FA_CSS_IE7 = ${FA_CSS_DIRECTORY}/font-awesome-ie7.css
+FA_CSS_IE7_MIN = ${FA_CSS_DIRECTORY}/font-awesome-ie7.min.css
+
+
+build:
+	@echo "Compiling Less files"
+	@mkdir -p ${FA_CSS_DIRECTORY}
+	recess --compile ${FA_LESS_MODERN} > ${FA_CSS_MODERN}
+	recess --compile --compress ${FA_LESS_MODERN} > ${FA_CSS_MODERN_MIN}
+	recess --compile ${FA_LESS_IE7} > ${FA_CSS_IE7}
+	recess --compile --compress ${FA_LESS_IE7} > ${FA_CSS_IE7_MIN}
+
+
+default: build
+
+
+.PHONE: build

build/_plugins/site.rb

@@ -72,14 +72,27 @@ class Site
     attr_reader :icons
 
     def process
-      @icons = IconList.new(YAML.load_file(self.config['icon_meta'])['icons'])
-
+      self.reset_icons
       self.reset
       self.read
       self.generate
       self.render
       self.cleanup
       self.write
+
+      self.build
+    end
+
+    ##
+    # Reads the YAML file that stores all data about icons
+    def reset_icons
+      @icons = IconList.new(YAML.load_file(self.config['icon_meta'])['icons'])
+    end
+
+    ##
+    # After generation, runs a build of Font-Awesome
+    def build
+      system("make build", :chdir => self.config['destination'], :out => :err)
     end
 
     def site_payload