Visual Studio Code

1 Tips and Tricks

1. You can view the source code side-by-side with the Preview (after selecting the code type in the bottom right):
2. To wrap code around the selected text (https://stackoverflow.com/a/73344832/2029527; archived at https://perma.cc/P5JA-7DBC):
   1. Press Ctrl+Shift+p
   2. Type and select “Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON)”
   3. Add the following item:

   [
    {
        "key": "alt+shift+e",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorTextFocus",
        "args": {
            "snippet": "<TEXT-BEFORE>$TM_SELECTED_TEXT</TEXT-AFTER>"
        }
    }
   ]

   1. Save the keybindings.json file.
   2. Select the text you want to wrap, and press Alt+Shift+e

2 Example Code Snippets

2.1 Template

[
    {
        "key": "alt+shift+e",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorTextFocus",
        "args": {
            "snippet": "<TEXT-BEFORE>$TM_SELECTED_TEXT</TEXT-AFTER>"
        }
    }
]

2.2 \begin{equation}...\end{equation}

[
    {
        "key": "alt+shift+e",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorTextFocus",
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\begin{equation}\n$TM_SELECTED_TEXT\n\\end{equation}"
        }
    }
]

3 Connect to R

Follow the instructions here to connect VSCode to R: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66069540/2029527 (archived at https://perma.cc/FCF5-26BT)

1. Install R using the inital setup instructions described here: https://devpsylab.github.io/DataAnalysis/R.html#setup
2. Install the R extension for VSCode
3. Go into the R extension settings
4. Set the R path to the path of your R installation:
   • e.g., C:\\R\\R-4.3.1\\bin\\x64\\R.exe
5. Set the Rterm path to the path of your R installation
   • e.g., C:\\R\\R-4.3.1\\bin\\x64\\Rterm.exe

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