install.pandoc: Downloads and installs pandoc
Description
Downloads and installs the latest version of pandoc for
Windows.Usage
install.pandoc(URL = "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases",
use_regex = TRUE, to_restart, ...)
Arguments
URL
a link to the list of download links of
pandoc
use_regex
(default TRUE) - deprecated (kept for
legacy purposes).
to_restart
boolean. Should the computer be
restarted after pandoc is installed? (if missing then the
user is prompted for a decision)
Value
- TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.
source
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15071957/is-it-possible-to-install-pandoc-on-windows-using-an-r-commandDetails
pandoc is a free open source software for converting
documents from many filetypes to many filetypes. For
details, see http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/.
Credit: the code in this function is based on GERGELY
DAROCZIs coding in his answer on the Q&A forum
StackOverflow, and also G. Grothendieck for the non-XML
addition to the function. I thank them both!