Recent changes to `getVersion()` cause some RStudio addins to fail in Positron

[ateucher]

I use codegrip::addin_reshape() and styler:::style_active_file() in both RStudio and Positron (bound to keyboard shortcuts). Both of these functions call rstudioapi::modifyRange(), which in turn calls rstudioapi::getVersion().

Recent changes in 3bd91a6 and 6a71e69 mean that getVersion() fails outside of RStudio:

In Positron:

rstudioapi::modifyRange(Map(c, 1:5, 1), paste0("#", sample(letters, 5), " "))
#> Error in base$.Call("rs_rstudioVersion", PACKAGE = "(embedding)"): "rs_rstudioVersion" not available for .Call() for package "(embedding)"

rstudioapi::getVersion()
#> Error in base$.Call("rs_rstudioVersion", PACKAGE = "(embedding)"): "rs_rstudioVersion" not available for .Call() for package "(embedding)"

^{Created on 2024-10-18 with reprex v2.1.1}

I don't think these addins are officially supported in Positron, but I know there has been some work to ensure a certain subset of rstudioapi functions work in Positron, including modifyRange() (e.g., posit-dev/positron#1312 and posit-dev/positron#2582).

Apologies if this should be a Positron issue rather than rstudioapi.

Thanks!

[ateucher]

Reported in Ark, as I believe that's a better place for this

[kevinushey]

Thanks! I followed up with the ark team as well; they'll be implementing the necessary APIs on their side as well.