R PDF documentation from the desktop

As of 2021, the internet might be the single greatest source of knowledge that ever existed, especially for programming. Via any web search engine it is possible to find an answer to most of the questions one could come across when working on an R script. Good ol' copy and paste from StackOverflow. However, there are times when you just want to RTFM – read the freaking manual. Be it for really understanding what this one obscure parameter really does or for understanding the return value of a function....

March 28, 2021

Beautify RMarkdown tables with beautifyR

RMarkdown Tables are nice, but kinda suck… RMarkdown is a nice tool for creating automated reports. Heck, it is even suited for creating beautiful slides which I haved used in the past for my introductory R course. However, one thing I always hated when working with Markdown, and even further in LaTeX, is working with tables. More specifically, maintaining a neat layout and not descending into table chaos. Everybody who has worked with Markdown tables at least once, probably has encounterd this issue....

February 4, 2021