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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.

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Bookdown figure caption fails if too long in landscape?

I have a plot which is large enough to require plotting landscape in what is otherwise a portrait document using (PDF) bookdown in RStudio. The figure has a lot going on, so the figure caption is quite long, and I cannot really reduce the text any…
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Changing styles of TOC of Bookdown, Gitbook style

I like to tweak the styles (e.g. background-color, font) of the TOC of the Bookdown, Gitbook style HTML document. Is this possible? If so, can someone be kind enough to point me to where I can start to do this? Thank you.
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Setting paper size for PDF output in bookdown with tufte-book

In _output.yml, the following actually sets the paper size correctly: bookdown::pdf_book: pandoc_args: [ "-V", "papersize=a4" ] But when I want to use tufte_book, the papersize argument has no effect, and the output in in letter…
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How to align the second-level header as left in Bookdown when output PDF?

The default one is center, I want it is aligned as left. my template.tex in latex folder of my bookdown example is pasted, need I change somewhere to adjust the style of second level header? Any suggestion is appreciated. I searched header nothing…
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Error in rmarkdown::render_site(encoding = "UTF-8") : No site generator found.""

I try to get started with bookdown in RStudio. I downloaded bookdown-minimal-master. After loading index.Rmd I click the button Build Book. Then I get the error message Error in rmarkdown::render_site(encoding = "UTF-8") : No site generator…
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Bookdown - where to load packages

I've got a large bookdown project and I want to check that a single chapter works. I've written it so that all of the packages I need are loaded in Index.Rmd However, when i try to either render the book or preview a chapter, it fails as funtion…
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R bookdown, PDF, unnumbered preface and headers not working as expected following table of contents

Bookdown allows for a table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, and preface. When using the first three and generating a PDF, the heading correctly reflects "Contents", "List of Figures", or "List of Tables". However, with an unnumbered…
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bookdown converting chapters to sections

I have a book that compiles fine to html but the pdf version has no chapters. For example, the command # Introduction {#intro-intro} is translated to \hypertarget{intro-intro}{% \section{Introduction}\label{intro-intro}} (No such issues with the…
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How to track changes in word .docx files generated from within R

I am trying to write reproducible manuscripts in R using the marvelous 'bookdown2' package (as a part of the incredible rrtools package) that are sent to publishers for peer review in .docx format. After the peer review process, there are usually…
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Bookdown: TOC with html_document2

How can I create a single output document with bookdown, e.g. using its bookdown::html_document2 format, and still have a Table of Contents somewhere in the output document? For example, I check out the content from…
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Printing UTF-8 characters in R, Rmd, knitr, bookdown

UPDATE (April 2018): The problem still persists, under different settings and computers. I believe it is related to all UNICODE, UTF-8 characters.…
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Insert non-breaking space in [R]Markdown math expression for HTML output

I am writing scientific reports in bookdown and I would like to use non-breaking spaces as thousands separators follwoing the SI/ISO 31-0 standard. Actually, I would prefer the non-breaking thin space (U+202F/ ) but for simplicty let's…
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How to: A scenebreak in bookdown

I'm trying to write a novel using bookdown: HTML, EPUB, as well as PDF (pdfLaTeX). I'm using the indent mode, so paragraphs begin with an indent. I have the following custom LaTeX command, called \scenebreak, which: Leaves an empty line between…
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knitr::include_graphics in bookdown, is not rendering the image

I am trying to include a .png file in a file that I am rendering using bookdown. knitr::include_graphics() should be the way to go. The code: ```{r fig1, fig.cap='My Caption', echo=FALSE, message=FALSE,…
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How can I remove blank pages from rbookdown pdfs?

I am using the default Bookdown example "A Minimal Book Example" which is available on GitHub: https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown-demo How do I edit the template so that the PDF output does not have blank pages before all the chapters? I don't…
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