set_rstudio_settings {tutorial.helpers}

Select smart setting for RStudio

Description

This function changes RStudio settings in order to make learning easier for new users. These settings are stored in: ~/.config/rstudio/rstudio-prefs.json. The most important changes are save_workspace to "never", load_workspace to FALSE, and "insert_native_pipe_operator" to TRUE. All those changes are good for any user, new or old.

We also change rmd_viewer_type to "pane", show_hidden_files to TRUE, rmd_chunk_output_inline to FALSE, source_with_echo to TRUE, and packages_pane_enabled to FALSE. These settings make RStudio less confusing to new users. The rmd_viewer_type setting is especially useful to students copy/pasting from the Console/Terminal to a tutorial.

The last two changes are setting both rainbow_parentheses and syntax_color_console to TRUE. We think that these settings make coding errors less likely.

Usage

set_rstudio_settings(set.binary = TRUE)

Arguments

set.binary

Logical, set to TRUE, which indicates whether or not set_binary_only_in_r_profile() should be run at the end.

Value

No return value, called for side effects.