xaringan::summon_remark() without internet connection from R

Question

I create some slides using the xaringan package. But when I knit the file by hitting the RStudio "Knit" Button, only a white window appears.

Opening the generated html file with my browser shows the presentation as expected. Thus, I figured that the moon_reader from the package can't find remark.js. I also found out that one can download remark.js with xaringan::summon_remark().

Unfortunately, this does not work for me since I do not have internet access from within R due to security restrictions at my institution.

Is there any other workaround which makes it possible to use the moon_reader?

user_559676 · Answer

xaringan::summon_remark() basically downloads a version of remark.js using R. You can certainly use other methods to download it, e.g., just save https://remarkjs.com/downloads/remark-latest.min.js to a local directory using your web browser, and point the chakra option of xaringan::moon_reader() to the local path of remark.js.

Other versions of remark.js can be found at https://github.com/gnab/remark/tree/gh-pages/downloads.

xaringan::summon_remark() without internet connection from R

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