bookdown is an R package for authors to write books and long-form articles using R Markdown
The bookdown package is an R package for authors to write books and long-form articles using R Markdown. For more information, see https://bookdown.org.
Questions tagged [bookdown]
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R bookdown - cover page and appendix
I have written a draft book in R Markdown.
Two questions:
Is it possible to include a 'cover page' with graphic and text in the index.rmd file so that the rendering in bookdown- shows a cover page prior to the title page?
I have an appendix in the…
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Cross-referencing in a single-file bookdown document
One of the promises of the bookdown package is functions for automatic numbering of figure/table captions, and cross-referencing figures/tables/sections.
This is claimed to be enabled for single-Rmd bookdown, if we use bookdown::html_document2 in…
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Restart Figure Numbering for Appendix / Supplementary Material in bookdown
I am writing an article for a journal that requires Supplementary Material. I was hoping to use a unique label such as SuppMat: instead of the default fig: to send Figures and Tables into this section. If not, I can use the default fig label but I…
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how to cross reference tables and plots in rmarkdown?
I am using the following template
---
title: "Nice try buddy"
author: "SpaceMan"
date: "13 December 2057"
output:
bookdown::pdf_document2
header-includes:
- \usepackage{booktabs}
- \usepackage{longtable}
- \usepackage{array}
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Gitbook chapter bibliography not in alphabetical order
I'm using bookdown to create an HTML gitbook from R markdown files (i.e. .Rmd), with the default option of split_bib = TRUE resulting in a bibliography at the end of each chapter, as well as a complete bibliography at the end of the book.
The…
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How to host multiple Github repos using the same custom domain on Netlify?
I am currently hosting my personal website (created using blogdown and Hugo) using Netlify at wjakethompson.com. This is deployed through a Github repository.
I now have a bookdown project in a separate repository that I would also like to host on…
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Page Numbering in R Bookdown
How do you achieve roman numerals for things like preface, acknowledgement etc and restart Arabic numbering at 1 for first page of chapter one in R Bookdown.
I am wanting to render to pdf in bookdown, but have not found any good information on…
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R Bookdown _bookdown.yml
Bookdown has many configuration options and I am finding it hard to understand how to know whether an option exists, and the logic behind where these options are stated.
Specifically I am finding it hard to describe what kind of options go in…
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Rstudio: Changing origin for git version control of project
I originally set up git in Rstudio while enrolled in the Data Scientist's Toolbox course at Coursera. Unfortunately, I did this in my phd project. The repository no longer exists on github. I am now attempting to write my thesis in rmarkdown using…
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How to change TOC depth in R Bookdown (GitBook)?
I use GitBook format through R bookdown. I need to use at least four levels in the table of contents (TOC). The default is three. How can I change the depth of TOC?
UPDATE
Now the toc-related contents of my _output.yml file look like…
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R Bookdown The GitBook toolbar not visibile in IE11 in Minimal Book Example
A strange thing is happening browsing a A Minimal Book Example with Chrome and Edge shows the GitBook toolbar. However when using internet Explorer 11 with windows 10 the toolbar doesn't show but is working.
Versie: 11.98.16299.0
Updateversies:…
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How to change font and point size in bookdown pdf?
I am writing a document with a strict requirement to use arial 12 point. I have modified my output yml in bookdown like this:
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
fontsize: 12pt
fontfamily: arial
documentclass: book
output:
bookdown::pdf_book:
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Inserting a pdf BEFORE the bookdown frontpage
I'm writing my thesis with Bookdown in Rmarkdown (and I will export it to PDF format eventually). To hand in my thesis, I am required to include a few scanned documents with handwritten signatures BEFORE the first page of my thesis.
Bookdown is…
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creating custom blocks in RStudio's bookdown
I'm experimenting with the great new package bookdown to create a gitbook-style book using RMarkdown within RStudio. See here.
My question is about creating custom blocks. There is an example in the documentation of how to define a block style in a…
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pre-render an R script for each chapter of a quarto book project
I have a bookdown project in R and like to switch to Quarto.
In the bookdown project I have an R script _common.R (it includes libraries and various settings and helper functions) to run before the rendering of each chapter (separate qmd file).
How…
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