For me, it output html from rstudio complete with code etc., with no changes except a tinker to a call to setwd(), downloading some libraries, and no other intervention. I haven't explored the rmarkdown capabilities before, and I was just amazed.
> On Oct 6, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Greg Snow <538...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hadley, have you tried producing the book in other electronic formats > (other than pdf)? such as epub? I tried and ended up with a file that > worked, but all the example code was missing (which defeats the > convenience of having it on an ebook reader), I did not check if > everything else was there or not. > > thanks, > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Hadley Wickham <h.wick...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, folks. I've got a sort of coupon that would allow me to get a >>> copy of "Advanced R" by Hadley Wickham at no cost. OTOH, I've already >>> cloned the github repository, and having the "live" Rmd files (or in >>> this case, rmd files) is enormously more useful to me than having any >>> form of electronic or paper format. >> >> I presume you mean https://github.com/hadley/adv-r (no need to be >> secretive about it ;) >> >>> The only reason I can think of for getting, say, a PDF version of the >>> book is that corrected versions of such books are sometimes (always?) >>> made available for free if you've already got the PDF version of the >>> book. (I know O'Reilly does this.) >> >> The pdf version of the book is made from the files in that repo, so I >> don't see any advantage there. (You can build the pdf yourself if you >> spend a few minutes looking for the right file ;) >> >>> But if the github version is going to continue to exist, be updated, >>> and be generally available, that's even better. IS it going to exist, >>> be updated, and be generally available? Any thoughts? >> >> The github version _is_ the authoritative version of the book (and in >> some sense it's already slightly better than the book, since a number >> of minor typos have been fixed since the book was published). C&H is >> mostly print on demand, so later printings of the book are likely to >> pick up the improvements, although there is still some additional >> human checking in the process, so it'll only get updated every 6 >> months or so. >> >> The repo and http://adv-r.had.co.nz will continue to exist for the >> foreseeable future. >> >> Hadley >> >> -- >> http://had.co.nz/ >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > -- > Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. > 538...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
