From 0bc448b53bd28b13f2eacde0227f0943fca2b681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wahid Rizka Fathurrohman <wahid.0310@students.amikom.ac.id>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 11:41:21 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove backslash line continuations from the CSS output

A backslash before a new line continues the line in SugarSS, but the
parser kept it in selectors, at-rule params and values. CSS has no such
escape, so browsers dropped those rules and declarations. Keep the
backslash only in the SugarSS raw, so stringify still gives the input.
---
 parser.js                 |  15 ++++
 test/cases/backslash.css  |  14 ++++
 test/cases/backslash.json | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/cases/backslash.sss  |  11 +++
 4 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/cases/backslash.css
 create mode 100644 test/cases/backslash.json
 create mode 100644 test/cases/backslash.sss

diff --git a/parser.js b/parser.js
index f1295ca..900ec46 100644
--- a/parser.js
+++ b/parser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 let { AtRule, Comment, Declaration, Root, Rule } = require('postcss')
 
+// Backslash before a new line continues the line in SugarSS. CSS has no such
+// escape, so browsers reject the value if the backslash stays in the output.
+function isLineContinuation(token) {
+  return (
+    token[0] === 'word' &&
+    token[1][0] === '\\' &&
+    /^[\n\f\r]/.test(token[1].slice(1))
+  )
+}
+
 module.exports = class Parser {
   constructor(input) {
     this.input = input
@@ -335,6 +345,9 @@ module.exports = class Parser {
       type = token[0]
       if (type === 'comment' || (type === 'space' && i === length - 1)) {
         clean = false
+      } else if (isLineContinuation(token)) {
+        clean = false
+        value += token[1].slice(1)
       } else {
         value += token[1]
       }
@@ -344,6 +357,8 @@ module.exports = class Parser {
       let raw = tokens.reduce((all, i) => {
         if (i[0] === 'comment' && i[4] === 'inline') {
           return all + '/* ' + i[1].slice(2).trim() + ' */'
+        } else if (isLineContinuation(i)) {
+          return all + i[1].slice(1)
         } else {
           return all + i[1]
         }
diff --git a/test/cases/backslash.css b/test/cases/backslash.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4afa203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/backslash.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@media screen and
+       (min-width: 600px) {
+  .one
+  .two {
+    margin: 1px
+            2px
+  }
+}
+
+.input {
+  @apply
+    px-10
+    border-gray-300
+}
diff --git a/test/cases/backslash.json b/test/cases/backslash.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdd4acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/backslash.json
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+{
+  "raws": {
+    "indent": "  ",
+    "after": "\n"
+  },
+  "type": "root",
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "raws": {
+        "before": "",
+        "afterName": " ",
+        "params": {
+          "raw": "screen and\n       (min-width: 600px)",
+          "value": "screen and\n       (min-width: 600px)",
+          "sss": "screen and\\\n       (min-width: 600px)"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "atrule",
+      "name": "media",
+      "source": {
+        "end": {
+          "column": 26,
+          "line": 2,
+          "offset": 44
+        },
+        "start": {
+          "column": 1,
+          "line": 1,
+          "offset": 0
+        }
+      },
+      "params": "screen and\n       (min-width: 600px)",
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "raws": {
+            "before": "\n  ",
+            "selector": {
+              "raw": ".one\n  .two",
+              "value": ".one\n  .two",
+              "sss": ".one\\\n  .two"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "rule",
+          "nodes": [
+            {
+              "raws": {
+                "before": "\n    ",
+                "between": ": ",
+                "value": {
+                  "raw": "1px\n            2px",
+                  "value": "1px\n            2px",
+                  "sss": "1px\\\n            2px"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "decl",
+              "source": {
+                "end": {
+                  "column": 16,
+                  "line": 6,
+                  "offset": 92
+                },
+                "start": {
+                  "column": 5,
+                  "line": 5,
+                  "offset": 64
+                }
+              },
+              "prop": "margin",
+              "value": "1px\n            2px"
+            }
+          ],
+          "source": {
+            "end": {
+              "column": 7,
+              "line": 4,
+              "offset": 59
+            },
+            "start": {
+              "column": 3,
+              "line": 3,
+              "offset": 47
+            }
+          },
+          "selector": ".one\n  .two"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "raws": {
+        "before": "\n\n"
+      },
+      "type": "rule",
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "raws": {
+            "before": "\n  ",
+            "afterName": "",
+            "params": {
+              "raw": "\n    px-10\n    border-gray-300",
+              "value": "\n    px-10\n    border-gray-300",
+              "sss": "\\\n    px-10\\\n    border-gray-300"
+            }
+          },
+          "type": "atrule",
+          "name": "apply",
+          "source": {
+            "end": {
+              "column": 20,
+              "line": 11,
+              "offset": 141
+            },
+            "start": {
+              "column": 3,
+              "line": 9,
+              "offset": 103
+            }
+          },
+          "params": "\n    px-10\n    border-gray-300"
+        }
+      ],
+      "source": {
+        "end": {
+          "column": 7,
+          "line": 8,
+          "offset": 100
+        },
+        "start": {
+          "column": 1,
+          "line": 8,
+          "offset": 94
+        }
+      },
+      "selector": ".input"
+    }
+  ],
+  "source": {
+    "end": {
+      "column": 1,
+      "line": 12,
+      "offset": 142
+    },
+    "start": {
+      "column": 1,
+      "line": 1,
+      "offset": 0
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/cases/backslash.sss b/test/cases/backslash.sss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52479de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/backslash.sss
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@media screen and\
+       (min-width: 600px)
+  .one\
+  .two
+    margin: 1px\
+            2px
+
+.input
+  @apply\
+    px-10\
+    border-gray-300