# vscode-R **Repository Path**: ford25v6/vscode-R ## Basic Information - **Project Name**: vscode-R - **Description**: No description available - **Primary Language**: Unknown - **License**: MIT - **Default Branch**: master - **Homepage**: None - **GVP Project**: No ## Statistics - **Stars**: 0 - **Forks**: 0 - **Created**: 2023-12-05 - **Last Updated**: 2023-12-05 ## Categories & Tags **Categories**: Uncategorized **Tags**: None ## README # R Extension for Visual Studio Code [![Badge](https://aka.ms/vsls-badge)](https://aka.ms/vsls) This [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) extension provides support for the [R programming language](https://www.r-project.org), including features such as extended syntax highlighting, R language service based on code analysis, interacting with R terminals, viewing data, plots, workspace variables, help pages, managing packages, and working with [R Markdown](https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/) documents. Go to the [wiki](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki) to view the documentation of the extension. ## Getting started 1. [Install R](https://cloud.r-project.org/) (>= 3.4.0) on your system. For Windows users, Writing R Path to the registry is recommended in the installation. 2. Install [`languageserver`](https://github.com/REditorSupport/languageserver) in R. ```r install.packages("languageserver") ``` 3. Install the R extension for VS Code from the [VS Code Extension Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=reditorsupport.r) or the [Open VSX Registry](https://open-vsx.org/extension/reditorsupport/r). 4. Create an R file and start coding. The following software or extensions are recommended to enhance the experience of using R in VS Code: * [radian](https://github.com/randy3k/radian): A modern R console that corrects many limitations of the official R terminal and supports many features such as syntax highlighting and auto-completion. * [VSCode-R-Debugger](https://github.com/ManuelHentschel/VSCode-R-Debugger): A VS Code extension to support R debugging capabilities. * [httpgd](https://github.com/nx10/httpgd): An R package to provide a graphics device that asynchronously serves SVG graphics via HTTP and WebSockets. Go to the installation wiki pages ([Windows](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Installation:-Windows) | [macOS](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Installation:-macOS) | [Linux](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Installation:-Linux)) for more detailed instructions. ## Features * Extended syntax highlighting for R, R Markdown, and R Documentation. * Snippets for R and R Markdown. * [R Language Service](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/R-Language-Service): Code completion, function signature, symbol highlight, document outline, formatting, definition, diagnostics, references, and more. * [Interacting with R terminals](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Interacting-with-R-terminals): Sending code to terminals, running multiple terminals, working with remote servers. * [Package development](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Package-development): Build, test, install, load all and other commands from devtools. * [Keyboard shortcuts](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Keyboard-shortcuts): Built-in and customizable keyboard shortcuts. * [Workspace viewer](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Sidebar-user-interface#workspace-viewer): Environment pane to show global variables in the attached R session. * [Help pages viewer](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Sidebar-user-interface#help-pages-viewer): Viewing R help pages and searching help topics. * [Package management](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Sidebar-user-interface#package-management): Installing and removing R packages. * Session symbol hover and completion. * [Data viewer](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Interactive-viewers#data-viewer): Viewing `data.frame` or `matrix` in a grid or a list structure in a treeview. * [Plot viewer](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Plot-viewer): PNG file viewer and SVG plot viewer based on [httpgd](https://github.com/nx10/httpgd). * [Webpage viewer](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Interactive-viewers#webpage-viewer): Viewing [htmlwidgets](https://www.htmlwidgets.org) such as interactive graphics and [visual profiling results](https://rstudio.github.io/profvis/). * [Browser viewer](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Interactive-viewers#browser-viewer): Viewing interactive [shiny](https://shiny.rstudio.com) apps. * [R Markdown support](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/R-Markdown): R Markdown chunk highlighting, chunk navigation, execute commands, and preview. * [RStudio add-in support](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/RStudio-addin-support): Run supported RStudio add-ins in VS Code with a live R session. * Full support of [Remote Development](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview) via [SSH](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh), [Containers](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers) and [WSL](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl). * [Live share collaboration](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Live-share-collaboration): Shared workspace, terminal, and viewer in R pair programming. ## Questions, issues, feature requests, and contributions * If you have a question about accomplishing something in general with the extension, please [ask on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/visual-studio-code+r). * If you find a problem or have a feature request with the extension, please [find out](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/issues) if there is a current issue you may upvote or otherwise [file an issue](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/issues/new/choose). * Contributions are always welcome! Please see the [contributing guide](https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/wiki/Contributing) for more details.