Today is going to be simple.
I want to generate an eBook for documenting knowledge in a aesthetically pleasing and readable format.
The R Markdown for this little project is found here.
What is Bookdown?
Source: https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/
- is a package built on top of R Markdown
- inherits the simplicity of the Markdown syntax
- has added features like multi-page HTML output, numbering and cross-referencing figures/tables/sections/equations, and inserting parts/appendices
- imports the GitBook style to create elegant and appealing HTML book pages
- you can see additional examples at https://bookdown.org.
Using bookdown
install.packages("bookdown")- Define header to be
documentclass: book
---
title: "A Book"
author: "csiu"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
documentclass: book
output:
bookdown::gitbook: default
bookdown::pdf_book: default
---
Once the header is defined, the rest of the script needs to be defined.
- A section (
#) refers to a chapter in the book - A subsection (
##) refers to a section in the chapter of the book