To configure Merb to use compass do the following:
Add dependencies to config/dependencies.rb
dependency “haml”, “>=2.2.0” dependency “merb-haml”, merb_gems_version dependency “chriseppstein-compass”, :require_as => ‘compass’
To use a different sass stylesheets locations as is recommended by compass add this configuration to your configuration block:
Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads do
Merb::Plugins.config[:compass] = { :stylesheets => "app/stylesheets", :compiled_stylesheets => "public/stylesheets/compiled" }
end