migrate from make to fabric

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/fabfile.py

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+""" fabfile to prepare the notebook """
+
+from fabric.api import local,lcd
+from fabric.utils import abort
+import os
+
+static_dir = 'static'
+components_dir = os.path.join(static_dir,'components')
+
+def test_component(name):
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(components_dir,name)):
+        abort('cannot continue without component {}.'.format(name))
+
+
+def css():
+    """generate the css from less files"""
+    test_component('bootstrap')
+    test_component('less.js')
+    with lcd(static_dir):
+        local('lessc -x less/style.less css/style.min.css')
+