Complete path for documentPath()

[LuisLauM]

It is just a suggestion, but I think it would be good to have an argument in documentPath that allows to have the complete path directory (and not only the referential, which starts with ~). Currently, it is necessary to use external packages to achieve this in RStudio.

[kevinushey]

Can't you just use path.expand() or normalizePath() to expand the path after you retrieve it?

[LuisLauM]

Hi.

Yes, indeed, both functions help me to return what I was looking for. However, I don't understand why when I try to render the following Quarto file, it only works when I use the this.path tool. When I try the rstudioapi tool it tells me that I am not running RStudio.

this.path::this.path()  # It works
path.expand(rstudioapi::documentPath())  # It does not work

[kevinushey]

Sorry, but you can't use rstudioapi in this way -- Quarto runs in a context disconnected from RStudio and so doesn't know the file path here. In general, rstudioapi functions are only available within interactive RStudio R sessions.

[LuisLauM]

Oh, I see, so for these cases it is better to use this.path for the moment. Thank you.