Open file for editing — edit

Opens a file for editing in RStudio or Positron, if either is the active development environment, or via utils::file.edit() otherwise. If the file does not exist, it is created. If the parent directory does not exist, it is also created. edit_template() specifically opens templates in inst/templates for use with use_template().

Usage

edit_file(path, open = rlang::is_interactive())

edit_template(template = NULL, open = rlang::is_interactive())

Arguments

path: Path to target file.
open: Whether to open the file for interactive editing.
template: The target template file. If not specified, existing template files are offered for interactive selection.

Value

Target path, invisibly.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
edit_file("DESCRIPTION")
edit_file("~/.gitconfig")
} # }