Open a Document in RStudio — open_rs

Wrapper around rstudioapi::documentOpen(), but with fs paths, for consistency. If the file could not be opened, a clickable hyperlink is displayed.

Usage

open_rs_doc(path, line = -1L, col = -1L, move_cursor = TRUE)

active_rs_doc()

Arguments

path: The path to the document.
line: The line in the document to navigate to.
col: The column in the document to navigate to.
move_cursor: Boolean; move the cursor to the requested location after opening the document?

Value

Invisibly returns the document id

Details

active_rs_doc() is a wrapper around rstudioapi::documentPath() that handles unsaved files gracefully

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  # open the fictious file.R at line 5
  open_rs_doc("file.R", line = 5)
}