Sass and Compass weird css errors after install

Question

I installed compass and I can't compile to css properly. I have no idea what's causing it. Even thou stackoverflow is asking me to write more.

1. Installed scout.
2. Created simple css and html file.
3. Tried to compile css file.
4. Got error.
5. Could not find an answer on google.

---

My css:

body {
    background: black;
}

Output:

/*
Syntax error: Invalid CSS after "black": expected expression (e.g. 1px, bold), was ";"
        on line 2 of C:/Users/Andrej/Documents/My Dropbox/Web Projects/First good website/sass/main.sass

1: C:/Users/Andrej/Documents/My Dropbox/Web Projects/First good website/sass/main.sass

Backtrace:
C:/Users/Andrej/Documents/My Dropbox/Web Projects/First good website/sass/main.sass:2
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/scss/parser.rb:1129:in `expected'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/script/lexer.rb:199:in `expected!'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/script/parser.rb:486:in `assert_done'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/script/parser.rb:50:in `parse'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/script/parser.rb:166:in `parse'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/script.rb:31:in `parse'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:875:in `parse_script'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:608:in `parse_property'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:597:in `parse_property_or_rule'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:578:in `parse_line'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:471:in `build_tree'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:490:in `append_children'
org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1603:in `each'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:489:in `append_children'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:480:in `build_tree'
org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1603:in `each'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:473:in `build_tree'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:490:in `append_children'
org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1603:in `each'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:489:in `append_children'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:345:in `_to_tree'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:315:in `_render'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/sass-3.2.1/lib/sass/../sass/engine.rb:262:in `render'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:140:in `compile'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:126:in `timed'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:139:in `compile'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/logger.rb:45:in `red'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:138:in `compile'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:118:in `compile_if_required'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:103:in `run'
org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1603:in `each'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:101:in `run'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:126:in `timed'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/compiler.rb:100:in `run'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/commands/watch_project.rb:147:in `recompile'
org/jruby/RubyMethod.java:133:in `call'
org/jruby/RubyProc.java:268:in `call'
org/jruby/RubyProc.java:228:in `call'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/path.rb:73:in `run_callback'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/path.rb:55:in `callback_action'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/path.rb:35:in `update'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/state/directory.rb:39:in `modified'
org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1603:in `each'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/state/directory.rb:37:in `modified'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/state/directory.rb:18:in `refresh'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/backends/polling.rb:17:in `run'
org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1603:in `each'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/backends/polling.rb:17:in `run'
org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1419:in `loop'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/backends/polling.rb:15:in `run'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm/monitor.rb:26:in `run'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/fssm-0.2.9/lib/fssm.rb:70:in `monitor'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/commands/watch_project.rb:87:in `perform'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/commands/base.rb:18:in `execute'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/commands/project_base.rb:19:in `execute'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:43:in `perform!'
d:/program files (x86)/scout/vendor/gems/gems/compass-0.12.2/lib/compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:15:in `run!'
d:\program files (x86)\scout\bin\compass:12:in `(root)'
*/
body:before {
  white-space: pre;
  font-family: monospace;
  content: "Syntax error: Invalid CSS after \"black\": expected expression (e.g. 1px, bold), was \";\"\A         on line 2 of C:/Users/Andrej/Documents/My Dropbox/Web Projects/First good website/sass/main.sass\A \A 1: C:/Users/Andrej/Documents/My Dropbox/Web Projects/First good website/sass/main.sass"; }

Please help and thanks for your answers in advance.

Answer 1

The problem might be that you're writing a .sass file, you probably want to be writing a .scss file. .sass is the older version of the syntax that isn't compatible with regular CSS.