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!