#Webexercises
install.packages("webexercises")
#Tippy tooltips
install.packages("tippy")
#Reticulate to allow use of python in knitr
install.packages("reticulate")
#Icons, below code also included in that section in this guide
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("mitchelloharawild/icons")
#Download icon sets
icons::download_fontawesome()
icons::download_ionicons()
icons::download_bioicons()Setup
To use quarto I would suggest using VScode (You can “Disable Ai Features” in the settings).
To install Quarto see The Quarto Get Started page.
Extensions
For this site you will also want to follow the below install instruction.
R
Spell checker
Code Spell Checker: Useful for spell checking normal words
When using this click on a misspelt word (signified by squiggly underlining) and press “ctrl+.” to get a dropdown of suggestions
To change to GB spelling:
- Go to “Extension” on VScode (On far left, icon is three squares and a diamond)
- Click on the gear icon for Code Spell Checker
- Click on “Settings”
- Change “C Spell: Language” to “en-GB”
Create Quarto website project
You can create a quarto project in 2 different way, a quarto command or copying a template.
Quarto command
In the command palette in VScode (the text bar at the top middle) type in the following:
>Quarto: Create Project
Further instructions are here: Quarto Website Quick Start
Copying a template
Optionally, you can copy a template or other project from github and edit it.
If you already have the files you can then copy and paste to a new directory (ensure you don’t copy over any git files/directories if you do this).
To download all the files of a gihub repo:
- Navigate to the page via a browser (e.g. https://github.com/m-gemmell/Quarto_guide)
- Click on the green
<> Codebutton - Select “Download ZIP”
R package installs
Their are various R packages that are shown for various functions in quarto. Below are the install instructions for them all.