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Bookdown

The bookdown package is a free and open-source R package built on top of R Markdown to make it really easy to write books and long-form articles/reports.

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Java Mobile
  • Self-Hosted
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  1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
  2.  Support for MarkDown
  3.  Publishing

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What is Bookdown?

The bookdown package is an open-source R package that facilitates writing books and long-form articles/reports with R Markdown. Features include:

  • Generate printer-ready books and ebooks from R Markdown documents.
  • A markup language easier to learn than LaTeX, and to write elements such as section headers, lists, quotes, figures, tables, and citations.
  • Multiple choices of output formats: PDF, LaTeX, HTML, EPUB, and Word.
  • Possibility of including dynamic graphics and interactive applications (HTML widgets and Shiny apps).
  • Support a wide range of languages: R, C/C++, Python, Fortran, Julia, Shell scripts, and SQL, etc.
  • LaTeX equations, theorems, and proofs work for all output formats.
  • Can be published to GitHub, bookdown.org, and any web servers.
  • Integrated with the RStudio IDE.
  • One-click publishing to https://bookdown.org.

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