Valid SCSS not compiling with Codekit

Question

I'm having trouble with codekit, the code below is correct and should work with sass 3.4.5 (selective steve) which is running with my codekit 2.1.6 - ive tested the code with sassMeister and have provided a link. Has anyone got an idea what is going on?

Codekit was setup as a compass project using the latest compass.

Codekit gives me:

Compass was unable to compile one or more files in the project: 

    error style.scss (Line 3 of _nav.scss: Invalid CSS after "  &": expected "{", was "__list {"

"__list" may only be used at the beginning of a compound selector.)
identical style.css

http://sassmeister.com/gist/f07191a09789e354bae6

nav[role=navigation] {color: black;}
.nav {
  &__list {
    color: black;
    &__item {
      color: black;
    }
  }
  &__link {
    color: black;
    &--active {
      color: black;
    }
  }
}

should convert to

nav[role=navigation] {
  color: black;
}

.nav__list {
  color: black;
}
.nav__list__item {
  color: black;
}
.nav__link {
  color: black;
}
.nav__link--active {
  color: black;
}

EDIT if I go about in codekit its using SASS 3.4.5 and Compass 0.12.7 (which is the current) - ill try to installl a later version of compass

IF I RUN COMPASS WATCH ON THE DIRECTORY IT WORKS but Codekit doesnt..

EDIT

Codekit seems to be using an older version of Compass - even if I point it to my locally installed version.

EDIT

I believe that the version of compass codekit is using on my system is too old - 0.12.7 where it needs to run 1.0.1 - but I cant find out how to get it to switch

Are you certain you're using Compass 1.0+? The syntax you're using is a feature of Sass 3.3+, but Compass 0.12 would force you into using Sass 3.2. — cimmanon
if I go about in codekit its using SASS 3.4.5 and Compass 0.12.7 (which is the current) - ill try to installl a later version of compass — Iamsamstimpson
No, the current version of Compass is 1.0.1 (see: rubygems.org/gems/compass) — cimmanon
Ok, if i do compass -v in the terminal I get 1.0.1 but codekit is reporting its using 0.12.7 — Iamsamstimpson
This should solve your problem: stackoverflow.com/questions/22895961/… — cimmanon

Iamsamstimpson Iamsamstimpson · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-08T11:35:25

Codekit didnt seem to pick up the correct version of compass - no documentation, so I moved back to the terminal.

Valid SCSS not compiling with Codekit

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