RTLknitr

1.1.1

Right to Left Dynamic Documents Using 'knitr'

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Overview

About

Maintained by Foad EsmaeiliFirst published 2023-08-253 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Provide seamless support for right-to-left (RTL) languages, such as Persian and Arabic, in R Markdown documents and 'LaTeX' output. It includes functions and hooks that enable easy integration of RTL language content, allowing users to create documents that adhere to RTL writing conventions. For in-depth insights into dynamic documents and the 'knitr' package, consider referring to Xie, Y (2014) <ISBN: 978-1-482-20353-0>.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("RTLknitr", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("FoadEsmaeili5/RTLknitr")

Development version from FoadEsmaeili5/RTLknitr. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-rtlknitr

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-RTLknitr

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-RTLknitr

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.3 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

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Check history

OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 163 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 33%

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Repository

GitHub ↗ foadesmaeili5/rtlknitr

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36 commits · Last activity 2023-08-29 · 0% stars, 30d

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Dependencies

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4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1

Imports (4)

knitr magrittr gt bookdown

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People & History

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Foad Esmaeili

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Authors (1)

Foad Esmaeili

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Foad Esmaeili

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.1.1Latest
2025-11-21 · current release · diff ↗
1.0.1
2025-07-28 · diff ↗
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
1.0.0
2023-08-25
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21

Package metadata

First published: 2023-08-25
Total releases: 3 / 3 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1
Download size: 5.9 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
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