Include shortcode not rendering inline R code

[bbartholdy]

Hi,

I have a quarto document (let's call it file1.qmd) where I would like to include a second quarto document (_file2.qmd) that contains the following text and inline R code:

This is a file to test the execution of includes inline code.

Inline code test: `r version$version.string`

In file1.qmd I have the shortcode {{< include _file2.qmd >}}

When I render file1.qmd with quarto (v. 0.9.426) it currently looks like:

This is a file to test the execution of includes inline code.

Inline code test: r version$version.string

I would like it to look like:

This is a file to test the execution of includes inline code.

Inline code test: R version 4.2.0 (2022-04-22)

Am I doing something wrong or is it currently not possible to include files with inline R code and have the inline code executed?

[jjallaire]

It's probable that we aren't detecting that the knitr engine is in play (b/c we don't see any R chunks or inline R expressions in the main document). You can add engine: knitr to make sure that this binding occurs: https://quarto.org/docs/computations/execution-options.html#engine-binding

[cscheid]

I bet that's what's happening there. I'll create a github issue to track, because we are attempting to redetect the engines after include expansion, so if this is the case, then it's a bug on my code.

[bbartholdy]

Indeed! Simply setting engine: knitr at the top of the .qmd file fixed it. Thanks!

[cscheid]

This is now fixed on 19021eb. Thanks for reporting!