An Intro to R Markdown

Install both R and pandoc-citeproc. Go into R and install "rmarkdown" and for Python, "reticulate".

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[freezejr]

>linguistics degree
>knows Latin
>can't say “asterisks”
>doesn't know what <`> is called
big kek

[fms]

Thanks very much Luke. You really inspired me to move from Word to LaTeX and not looking back. Now R markdown and eventually I'll be ditching Windows/Office for Linux/Open Source. Keep doing the great work you're doing. I really enjoy your videos.

[KyleSwirl]

If you are using the latest LARBS, the compilation shortcut is <leader>c. In default LARBS, the leader is a single space (" "). To open the output file, the shortcut is <leader>p.

[felex]

You will also need to install the package "tk" to install R packages.

[SY-merk]

I needed these 2 lines in vimrc. First line is for treating rmd/Rmd as markdown.

autocmd BufNewFile, BufFilePre, BufRead *.rmd, *.Rmd set filetype=markdown
autocmd Filetype markdown map <F5> :!Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('%', 'pdf_document')"<CR

[TheFakeVIP]

Pandoc and RMarkdown are truely amazing tools.

[sksbest]

Append in your .vimrc command to have your pdf refresh automatically.

[channelnumber]

I also hate that R folder in my home directory. So I download the source for R, change a line in the config file, and then I custom compile it.

[gz]

But do the journals you submit to accept this format?
And the images just follow standard markdown?

[blackrastafarian]

Considering you use LaTeX and R, have you tried Rnoweb (.Rnw) format?

[NocturnidadInterna]

How can I modify your F5 line to do this>> pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -V CJKmainfont="Source Han Serif CN"

[kelvinpina]

so is for generating plot, graphs and the like?

[finster]

I realize this video is a couple years old now but I just found your channel and subscribed, cause I am enjoying your Vim usage videos and just generally love Vim. So I would like to start using R markdown now, but the link in your video description for your .vimrc gives me a 404 error. I searched around your github stuff but was unable to find it. Please help. Thanks!

[husseinal-odwan]

Thank you so much for the informative video. I have a data analysis and clustering assignment due and I have been dreading using LaTeX because of how arcane and outdated the commands and repositories are. Cheers!

[bepolymathe]

Could you explain more in detail how you use rmarkdown in vim (LaTeX intégration, quotations of books, etc) ? Very usefull for students !

[jaredturner]

I copied your vimrc file but F5 doesn't compile. Do I need to install anything else?

[Sun-pozv]

Could you do a quick tutorial on how to setup/use Alpine?

[cfufswu]

Sadly, I'm getting errors when my RMD has non-ASCII characters, e.g. Introdução

[cprn.]

`sudo pacman -S R` returns `error: target not found: R` nowadays. You need a lower case letter `r`.

[lucapham-trong]

I will create a G(roff) markdown probably.
The main problem of (r)markdown is not the fact that it converts to multiple formats, but that it uses latex which is extremely bloated.
Also, the debug isn't clear. We could implement a very simple debug script that tells which line in the markdown is wrong.