Rmd temp file for preview

[meik michalke]

hi,

could you change the name scheme for the local copies of Rmd files that are
used for rendering previews? it's currently

<orig file name>.preview_<random stuff>.Rmd

but i'd rather have something like

<orig file name>_<random stuff>.preview_Rmd

the reason is, if you use cloud services for versioning of your files, it will
upload and later delete those temp files as well, littering the server. but if
the file always ended in something static like ".preview_Rmd", you could add
that extension to an ignore file.

that is, if the current ".Rmd" ending doesn't have an impact on rendering.


viele grüße :: m.eik

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:52:43 +0100

Post by meik michalke
that is, if the current ".Rmd" ending doesn't have an impact on rendering.

I'm afraid it does. We could try
<orig file name>_<random stuff>.preview.Rmd
Would that help?

Regards
Thomas

[Pierre de Villemereuil]

Hi,

If I may suggest, Kile stores its previews in /tmp/ which makes a lot of sense, maybe it's another way to solve this issue?

I have absolutely no idea how much of a hassle this would be however...

Cheers,
Pierre.

Post by Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Hi,
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:52:43 +0100

Post by meik michalke
that is, if the current ".Rmd" ending doesn't have an impact on rendering.

I'm afraid it does. We could try
<orig file name>_<random stuff>.preview.Rmd
Would that help?
Regards
Thomas

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:38:22 +0100

Post by Pierre de Villemereuil
If I may suggest, Kile stores its previews in /tmp/ which makes a lot
of sense, maybe it's another way to solve this issue?

that's what we did before, and it's still where the preview _output_
files are written to. However, the problem with saving the input files
in /tmp is that .Rmd files may refer to other files by relative path,
and so those won't be available, then.

Regards
Thomas

[Pierre de Villemereuil]

I see. I'm not sure how Kile gets away with it. It disables preview when stuff are in a lower hierarchical level of the folders, for this reason I believe.

Anyway, it was just a suggestion, I'm sure you thought this through! ;)

Cheers,
Pierre

Post by Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Hi,
On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:38:22 +0100

Post by Pierre de Villemereuil
If I may suggest, Kile stores its previews in /tmp/ which makes a lot
of sense, maybe it's another way to solve this issue?

that's what we did before, and it's still where the preview _output_
files are written to. However, the problem with saving the input files
in /tmp is that .Rmd files may refer to other files by relative path,
and so those won't be available, then.
Regards
Thomas

[meik michalke]

hi,

Post by Thomas Friedrichsmeier
However, the problem with saving the input files
in /tmp is that .Rmd files may refer to other files by relative path,
and so those won't be available, then.

why do we have to copy the input file for preview at all? can't we simply
render the actual file and write all output to tempdir?


viele grüße :: m.eik

[meik michalke]

hi,

Post by Thomas Friedrichsmeier

Post by meik michalke
that is, if the current ".Rmd" ending doesn't have an impact on rendering.

I'm afraid it does. We could try
<orig file name>_<random stuff>.preview.Rmd
Would that help?

that should work, too. i actually didn't suggest that because it's unclear to
me what could happen if there is an actual file called preview.Rmd, but maybe
that's not an issue at all. or we could use

<orig file name>_<random stuff>.rkward.preview.Rmd

just to be sure?

btw, i'm giving a presentation of the new preview feture in our colloquium
next month.


viele grüße :: m.eik