What is R Markdown and Why is it better than Markdown and LaTeX

[@H12-q7x]

I found this video because I'm indecisive whether I should stick with Markdown or LaTeX. I guess with R Markdown I don't have to choose 👍 I wonder if R Markdown must be compiled always or if it can be interpreted also.

[@BryanJenks]

It runs through pandoc so it gets compiled! You can use bib files and raw latex in Rmarkdown, granted it sure that not everything is possible but that wasn’t the goal of Rmd the goal was coverage over most use cases so in that respect you should be covered :)

[@H12-q7x]

@@BryanJenks to say I'm interested is an understatement. I've seen lots of videos about R Markdown now and have heard lots of positive things. I'll definitely give it a try soon. Thanks for the video!

[@sleeds40]

Nice vid! I think your first document didn't knit because you left the original '>' in place at the end of your hyperlink when you changed it in the beginning.

[@BryanJenks]

OMG i see it now. its the simplest damn things.... 🤣

[@sleeds40]

Yeah....too often. I'm learning R Markdown and stumbled across your vid after watching a few on the DiagrammR package. Glad I watched it, very informative - especially for those starting out. And anyway, re other comments, debugging is half the job - at least sometimes, but the joy of finding the solution supersedes the pain the original error! And thanks for your reply - it helps keep it real. Also, glad I could help out.

[@BryanJenks]

My videos have improved much more since this older one. I have a recent one on Rstudio you may find helpful :)

[@sleeds40]

I'll check it out - thanks!

[@yash1152]

5:26 hmm, didnt know that newline escape sequence works in markdown. i only knew about single backslash.

[@BryanJenks]

RMarkdown is pretty darn flexible

[@yash1152]

@@BryanJenks oh, i thought it was plain markdown.

[@almeli026]

00:36 😆I felt that. Thank you SO MUCH for making this. I've been struggling with exporting from Markdown to PDF using LaTeX for a while now and your frustration is relatable. R Studio feels great to use so far.

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AmitChristian]

You did not really told, why R Markdown is better than MD and LaTeX.

[@BryanJenks]

simplicity when you want a lot of the perks and less headache, when you need something sharp, and a kitchen knife will do, and fine detail of a scalpel is not needed

[@annawilson3824]

dude, half of the video is debugging, which makes me think Rmarkdown is not worth it ...

[@BryanJenks]

half of the video is debugging because i dont edit my videos lol, RMarkdown is great for an easier syntax for like 80% of use cases, but ultimately for the best looking docs you cant really beat LaTeX which i also have a series started on now, sorry if my debugging was off putting 😅

[@BryanJenks]

also, the best way to use R code just straight into LaTeX would be sweave as that's using LaTeX not Markdown but i havent done a lot with sweave thus far. and as far as LaTeX directly in RMarkdown, what i dont show here is that the LaTeX preamble that does all of the meta typesetting has to be referenced externally, and that in the body of the RMarkdown document is basically treated as if being between the LaTeX tags \begin{document} and \end{documnt}

[@annawilson3824]

@@BryanJenks I see. Do you plan to cover pandoc and how to use preamble.tex? I tried it with acs template, but was not intuitive, did not make it work.

[@BryanJenks]

@@annawilson3824 perfect idea for a video, i'll add it to my queue, how to use RMarkdown while including elements of LaTeX typesetting in the preamble :) it will be a couple days but be on the lookout for it

[@diegov.b.9142]

Which file manager are you using?

[@BryanJenks]

ranger

[@darvidtorres]

Is it possible to run RMD in VSCode?

[@BryanJenks]

Yup!

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[@toppanam611]

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