Compass adjusts the way partials are imported. It allows importing components based solely on their name, without specifying the path.
Before you can do @import 'compass';, you should:
Install Compass as a Ruby gem:
gem install compass
After that, you should use Compass’s own command line tool to compile your SASS code:
cd path/to/your/project/
compass compile
Note that Compass reqiures a configuration file called config.rb. You should create it for Compass to work.
The minimal config.rb can be as simple as this:
css_dir = "css"
sass_dir = "sass"
And your SASS code should reside in sass/.
Instead of creating a configuration file manually, you can create an empty Compass project with compass create <project-name> and then copy your SASS code inside it.
Note that if you want to use Compass extensions, you will have to:
- require them from the
config.rb; - import them from your SASS file.
More info here: http://compass-style.org/help/