Added COMPRESS_COMPASS_IMAGES_DIR option to allow a more flexible support of sprites. Closes #87.

compressor/conf.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class CompressorSettings(AppSettings):
     COMPASS_BINARY = 'compass'
     COMPASS_ARGUMENTS = ' --no-line-comments --output-style expanded'
     COMPASS_PLUGINS = []
+    COMPASS_IMAGES_DIR = 'images/'
 
     # the cache backend to use
     CACHE_BACKEND = None
@@ -115,4 +116,7 @@ class CompressorSettings(AppSettings):
                 "must be a list or tuple. Check for missing commas.")
         return value
 
+    def configure_compass_images_dir(self, value):
+        return self.configure_url(value)
+
 settings = CompressorSettings(prefix="COMPRESS")

compressor/filters/compass.py

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ class CompassFilter(CompilerFilter):
             ('tmpdir', tmpdir),
             ('sassdir', parentdir),
             ('outfile', path.join(tmpdir, outfile_name)),
-            ('imagedir', settings.COMPRESS_URL),
+            ('imagesdir', settings.COMPRESS_COMPASS_IMAGES_DIR),
         )
         for plugin in settings.COMPRESS_COMPASS_PLUGINS:
             self.command += ' --require %s' % plugin
         self.command += (' --sass-dir {sassdir} --css-dir {tmpdir}'
-                         ' --image-dir {imagedir} {infile}')
+                         ' --images-dir {imagesdir} {infile}')
         return super(CompassFilter, self).input(*args, **kwargs)

docs/settings.txt

@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ A filter that runs Compass_'s compile command. **(BETA)**
   compass' require option e.g. ``['my_plugin']`` leads to passing
   ``--require my_plugin``.
 
+- ``COMPRESS_COMPASS_IMAGES_DIR`` -- The directory where you keep your images,
+  pass as ``--images-dir`` to the compass compiler. Defaults to ``'images/'``.
+
 .. _CSSTidy: http://csstidy.sourceforge.net/
 .. _`data: URIs`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme
 .. _cssmin: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cssmin/