use_rstudio_keyboard_shortcut: Set RStudio Keyboard Shortcuts

In rstudio.prefs: Manage 'RStudio' Preferences and Addin Shortcuts

Set RStudio Keyboard Shortcuts

Description

This function updates the RStudio keyboard shortcuts saved in the addins.json file.

Usage

use_rstudio_keyboard_shortcut(..., .write_json = TRUE, .backup = TRUE)

Arguments

...	series of RStudio keyboard shortcuts to update. The argument name is the keyboard shortcut, and the value is a string of the function name that will execute, or NULL to remove the shortcut. If a new shortcut shares a key or function with an existing one, the previous binding is removed.
.write_json	logical indicating whether to update and overwrite the existing JSON file of options. Default is TRUE. When FALSE, the function will return a list of all shortcuts, instead of writing them to file.
.backup	logical indicating whether to create a back-up of shortcuts file before it's updated. Default is TRUE.

Value

When .write_json = FALSE, a named list of all shortcuts including the updates. Otherwise NULL invisibly.

Author(s)

Daniel D. Sjoberg

Examples

# Add a shortcut
use_rstudio_keyboard_shortcut(
  "Ctrl+Shift+/" = "rstudio.prefs::make_path_norm"
)

# Remove a shortcut
use_rstudio_keyboard_shortcut(
  "Ctrl+Shift+/" = NULL
)

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