{backtick}

Is the backtick key, `, missing from your keyboard? Has it been mapped for use by other software? Scratch your backtick itch with {backtick}.

{backtick} is a very tiny R package containing functions that insert backticks into R scripts and R Markdown documents. It's intended for use as an RStudio Addin.

Install with:

install.packages("remotes")  # if not yet installed
remotes::install_github("matt-dray/backtick")

On restart, the functions will be available to you from the RStudio Addins menu. You could also set them to keyboard shortcuts.

With these functions you can:

• insert a single backtick (`)
• surround selected text with backticks (selection becomes `selection`)
• surround selected text with backticks for execution as inline R code in an R Markdown document (selection becomes `r selection`)
• surround selected text with backticks for execution as an R code chunk in an R Markdown document (selection is surrounded by ```{r} above and ``` below)

This gif shows each one in action:

Leave an issue or provide a PR for suggestions or additions.