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Syntax Highlighting and Automatic Linking

v0.4.5 · Nov 14, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Syntax highlighting of R code, specifically designed for the needs of 'RMarkdown' packages like 'pkgdown', 'hugodown', and 'bookdown'. It includes linking of function calls to their documentation on the web, and automatic translation of ANSI escapes in output to the equivalent HTML.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

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OK 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
NOTE 13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies brio desc digest evaluate fansi memoise rlang vctrs withr yaml GCEstim distill esquisse link pkgdown DBI DrugUtilisation altdoc bookdown qatarcars rgl rmarkdown downlit

Version History

10 tracked
new 0.4.5 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.4.5 ← 0.4.4 diff Nov 13, 2025
updated 0.4.4 ← 0.4.3 diff Jun 9, 2024
updated 0.4.3 ← 0.4.2 diff Jun 29, 2023
updated 0.4.2 ← 0.4.1 diff Jul 4, 2022
updated 0.4.1 ← 0.4.0 diff Jun 23, 2022
updated 0.4.0 ← 0.2.1 diff Oct 28, 2021
updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Nov 3, 2020
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.0 diff Sep 24, 2020
new 0.1.0 Aug 31, 2020