In andrewheiss/raddath: Andrew's RStudio Addins

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raddath

RStudio addins let you run R code or a Shiny app through the Rstudio IDE, either via the Addins dropdown menu or with a keyboard shortcut.

RStudio docs on addins (with examples): https://rstudio.github.io/rstudioaddins/

To use addins:

Run RStudio v0.99.878 or later
- https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview/
Run rstudioapi package v0.5 or later
- install.packages("rstudioapi", type = "source")
Populate your Addins dropdown menus with some examples
- devtools::install_github("rstudio/addinexamples", type = "source")

Addins

Theme switching

This package provides two menu options for changing the RStudio theme. I use a dark Monokai theme normally, but this throws students off when I an teaching, so I like to use the default Textmate theme then.

Set Light Theme: Use when teaching or presenting
Set Dark Theme: Use at all other times

(code for this borrowed from David Severski)

`view_object_addin`

The view_object_addin takes selected text and pipes it into View() so you can inspect it in RStudio without typing the command in the console or finding and clicking on it in the "Environment" panel. The addin works best when you assign it a keyboard shortcut, like ctrl + shift + v.

To use this addin: