The goal of {oakdown} is to store and create single-document and multi-document templates that are so compatible that it is easy to switch between these templates.
You can install oakdown from github with:
install.packages("oakdown")
The note format puts the spotlight on a single Rmd file, making this
ideal for note-taking. To begin, navigate to the directory where you
want to store the note. Then, initialize the note as follows:
library(oakdown)
init_note("<name>")
This produces is an Rmd file called <name>.Rmd as well as a .gitignore
if one does not already exist in that directory. Pay careful attention
to the default YAML frontmatter provided in <name>.Rmd. For my
convenience, I have included main.bib, econometrica.bst, and
oaktex.sty as part of the frontmatter. These are stored on my local
computer and have little to do with {oakdown}. Hence, change or remove
these YAML parameters if you don’t have these files yourself.
After editing the contents of <name>.Rmd, you can render the Rmd file
by calling:
render_note("<name>", config_file = "<config.yml>")
The bookdown configuration file, <config.yml>, must be in the same
directory as the note. If <config.yml> does not exist in the
directory, this function will generate a bookdown configuration file in
the background that will be removed after the rendering is complete. To
save the generated bookdown configuration file, specify
save_config_file = TRUE as an argument to render_note().