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xfun (version 0.41)

Supporting Functions for Packages Maintained by 'Yihui Xie'

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Miscellaneous functions commonly used in other packages maintained by 'Yihui Xie'.

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Functions in xfun (0.41)

github_releases

Get the tags of Github releases of a repository
is_web_path

Test if a path is a web path
file_string

Read a text file and concatenate the lines by '\n'
file_ext

Manipulate filename extensions
is_ascii

Check if a character vector consists of entirely ASCII characters
is_abs_path

Test if paths are relative or absolute
grep_sub

Perform replacement with gsub() on elements matched from grep()
in_dir

Evaluate an expression under a specified working directory
install_github

An alias of remotes::install_github()
gsub_file

Search and replace strings in files
parse_only

Parse R code and do not keep the source
msg_cat

Generate a message with cat()
is_R_CMD_check

Some utility functions for checking packages
from_root

Get the relative path of a path in a project relative to the current working directory
install_dir

Install a source package from a directory
protect_math

Protect math expressions in pairs of backticks in Markdown
normalize_path

Normalize paths
magic_path

Find a file or directory under a root directory
pkg_attach

Attach or load packages, and automatically install missing packages if requested
mark_dirs

Mark some paths as directories
format_bytes

Format numbers of bytes using a specified unit
isFALSE

Test if an object is FALSE
numbers_to_words

Convert numbers to English words
proc_kill

Kill a process and (optionally) all its child processes
process_file

Read a text file, process the text with a function, and write the text back
read_utf8

Read / write files encoded in UTF-8
set_envvar

Set environment variables
raw_string

Print a character vector in its raw form
retry

Retry calling a function for a number of times
session_info

An alternative to sessionInfo() to print session information
rev_check

Run R CMD check on the reverse dependencies of a package
news2md

Convert package news to the Markdown format
native_encode

Try to use the system native encoding to represent a character vector
prose_index

Find the indices of lines in Markdown that are prose (not code blocks)
proj_root

Return the (possible) root directory of a project
try_error

Try an expression and see if it throws an error
rstudio_type

Type a character vector into the RStudio source editor
same_path

Test if two paths are the same after they are normalized
tojson

A simple JSON serializer
exit_call

Call on.exit() in a parent function
tree

Turn the output of str() into a tree diagram
is_sub_path

Test if a path is a subpath of a dir
do_once

Perform a task once in an R session
existing_files

Find file paths that exist
try_silent

Try to evaluate an expression silently
is_blank

Test if a character vector consists of blank strings
yaml_body

Partition the YAML metadata and the body in a document
system3

Run system2() and mark its character output as UTF-8 if appropriate
url_filename

Extract filenames from a URLs
split_source

Split source lines into complete expressions
tinify

Use the Tinify API to compress PNG and JPEG images
relative_path

Get the relative path of a path relative to a directory
valid_syntax

Check if the syntax of the code is valid
rename_seq

Rename files with a sequential numeric prefix
rest_api

Get data from a REST API
upload_ftp

Upload to an FTP server via curl
url_accessible

Test if a URL is accessible
strict_list

Strict lists
optipng

Run OptiPNG on all PNG files under a directory
shrink_images

Shrink images to a maximum width
read_all

Read all text files and concatenate their content
read_bin

Read all records of a binary file as a raw vector by default
is_windows

Test for types of operating systems
submit_cran

Submit a source package to CRAN
split_lines

Split a character vector by line breaks
strip_html

Strip HTML tags
yaml_load

Read YAML data
attr

Obtain an attribute of an object without partial matching
Rscript_call

Call a function in a new R session via Rscript()
bg_process

Start a background process
Rscript

Run the commands Rscript and R CMD
base64_encode

Encode/decode data into/from base64 encoding.
bump_version

Bump version numbers
base_pkgs

Get base R package names
base64_uri

Generate the Data URI for a file
broken_packages

Find out broken packages and reinstall them
dir_exists

Test the existence of files and directories
alnum_id

Generate ID strings
embed_file

Embed a file, multiple files, or directory on an HTML page
download_file

Try various methods to download a file
download_cache

Download a file from a URL and cache it on disk
del_empty_dir

Delete an empty directory
env_option

Retrieve a global option from both options() and environment variables
dir_create

Create a directory recursively by default
cache_rds

Cache the value of an R expression to an RDS file
crandalf_check

Submit check jobs to crandalf