Kenneth Baillie

I’ve just discovered #quarto, and it’s made my night.

You can write in markdown and drop some python in the middle of it to make a figure.

It’s like #pandoc, with code in the middle. Or like #Rmarkdown, but you can use #python. Or like #jupyter, but you can generate a pdf from it.

Phenomenal. I’m going to drive future coauthors round the bend by insisting that we write everything in it.

Nov 12, 2022 at 11:05pmWeb
Show threadLars Mølgaard SaxhaugNov 13, 2022
@kennethbaillie Think you can use python in #Rmarkdown too? At least I’ve used #Julia. Still getting to grips with what should make me shift to #quarto (I mostly use #Rstats and sometimes #stan)
Show threadKenneth BaillieNov 13, 2022
@load_dependent yes you’re right, you can, but you have to run the whole thing from R. (I don’t use R much myself) Quarto runs the whole thing from a single flat file. It looks effortless to install and use. Made by the same people as RMarkdown
Show threadjemillarNov 13, 2022
@kennethbaillie Despite your own lab building two websites with it in the last six months😢
Show threadKenneth BaillieNov 14, 2022
@jemillar :) What can I say?! I didn’t realise it made pdfs and word documents. If someone tells me there’s a plug-in to scrape citations from pubmed I could finally move on from my home-made labyrinth of pandoc wrappers…
Show threadSteve HarrisNov 14, 2022
@kennethbaillie agree. we've got a communal lab session on Wednesday this week to launch our lab website with this!
Show threadCommander ObviousNov 14, 2022
@kennethbaillie that is awesome, and may I say, "Geek," as high praise