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GitHub - mcanouil/quarto-gitlink: Use Git hosting platforms references (commits, issues, discussions, and pull requests) directly into your Quarto documents.

December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Gitlink 1.1.0 is out! 🎉

Automatically convert Git references into clickable links in your Quarto docs.
New: URL shortening and custom platform support for any Git hosting service.
Natively works with GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea, and Bitbucket.

github.com/mcanouil/qua...
#Quarto #Git

Use Git hosting platforms references (commits, issues, discussions, and pull requests) directly into your Quarto documents. - mcanouil/quarto-gitlink

GitHub - mcanouil/quarto-offcanvas: Quarto extension to create Bootstrap offcanvas components in HTML documents.

December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Offcanvas 1.0.0 for Quarto is now available.

Simple syntax for Bootstrap offcanvas components using fenced divs.
Automatically converts margin content to collapsible panels on mobile, keeping aside notes accessible where they're referenced.
github.com/mcanouil/qua...
#Quarto #DataScience #Bootstrap

Quarto extension to create Bootstrap offcanvas components in HTML documents. - mcanouil/quarto-offcanvas

GitHub - mcanouil/quarto-gitlink: Use Git hosting platforms references (commits, issues, discussions, and pull requests) directly into your Quarto documents.

December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🎉 New feature on the Quarto Extensions directory!

Extension developers can now display development status banners using GitHub Topics (superseded, deprecated, archived, experimental, stable).

🔗 m.canouil.dev/quarto-exten...

#Quarto #QuartoPub #QuartoExtension #OpenSource #DataScience

Three side-by-side screenshots of Quarto extension cards showing development status banners. The left card displays a GitHub extension with a brown superseded banner, the middle card shows a GitLink extension with a green stable banner, and the right card presents a details extension from the coatless-quarto collection with repository statistics and description.

November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🎉 Git Link 1.0.0 for Quarto is now available!

Automatically convert Git platform references (issues, PRs, commits, users) into clickable links.
Supports GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea, and Bitbucket.
Perfect for open-source documentation.

github.com/mcanouil/qua...

#Quarto #DataScience

Use Git hosting platforms references (commits, issues, discussions, and pull requests) directly into your Quarto documents. - mcanouil/quarto-gitlink

Mastering Quarto CLI: From Authoring to Publishing

November 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

New Quarto extension: "Reveal.js Tabset"! ✨

Brings proper tabset navigation to Reveal.js presentations with keyboard controls and PDF export support.
Navigate tabs as fragments, support nested content, and export correctly to PDF.
github.com/mcanouil/qua...

#Quarto #RevealJS #Teaching #DataScience

November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM

Reposted by Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

Physalia-courses@Online

@physaliacourses.bsky.social

Master #Quarto & transform your scientific work!
Join our 2-day online course with @mickael.canouil.fr to learn how to create reproducible, polished, multi-format documents with R/Python/Julia integration. Boost your workflow & impact!
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#Rstats #DataScience

5th-6th February 2026

www.physalia-courses.org

November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM

Reposted by Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🎉 The magic is real: Quarto Wizard 1.0.0 is LIVE!

Wave goodbye to complexity, pure enchantment awaits:

🪄 Magical extension browsing (250+ spells available)
✨ One-click wizardry
🔮 VS Code & Positron enchantment

quarto.org/docs/blog/po...

#DataScience #Quarto #QuartoPub #VSCode #PositronIDE

Quarto Wizard 1.0.0: Democratising Quarto Extension Management – Quarto

Introducing a game-changing extension for VS Code and Positron that transforms Quarto extensions management with an intuitive GUI for extensions and templates.

GitHub - mcanouil/quarto-external: Quarto extension to include content or partial content from external file.

October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Major release: "Highlight Text" Quarto extension 2.0.0 is here! 🎨✨
New block-level highlighting with div syntax and customisable borders (solid, dashed, dotted, double).
Works across HTML, LaTeX, Typst, Docx, PowerPoint, Reveal.js, and Beamer.
github.com/mcanouil/qua...
#Quarto #DataScience

Demo slide displaying various text highlighting features including red foreground text yellow background text white text on blue background solid dashed and dotted border examples purple highlighted text and a red block section containing bulleted list with nested yellow highlight.

November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

New release of quarto-external (1.3.0) is out!

You can now include specific divs by their ID from external documents (online or outside your project).
This makes content reuse more precise and flexible.

Check it out: github.com/mcanouil/qua...

#Quarto #DataScience #Writing

Quarto extension to include content or partial content from external file. - mcanouil/quarto-external

Optimising VS Code and Positron for Quarto: Essential Settings for Better Editing – MCU

November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

After years of working with Quarto, I've refined a set of editor settings that significantly improve document editing efficiency.
My latest blog post shares these battle-tested configurations.

mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1...

#Quarto #VSCode #Positron #Productivity #DataScience

Discover the custom settings I use in VS Code and Positron to enhance my Quarto document editing workflow, from improved Git diffs to better visual guides for nested divs.

Quarto: Unleash Dynamic Tabset Navigation & Polished PDF Exports – MCU

November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

I just enhanced/updated my JavaScript for Reveal.js in Quarto to better support native PDF export mode and nested fragments inside tabset.

Check it out: mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-0...

(also available in my Reveal.js format extension github.com/mcanouil/qua...)

#Quarto #RevealJS #DataScience

Discover how to supercharge your Quarto presentations with interactive tabset navigation in Reveal.js and create stunning, professional PDFs. Get ready to dazzle your audience!

Execution Context Information – Quarto

November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Quarto 1.8 provides execution context information through the "QUARTO_EXECUTE_INFO" environment variable, giving your code access to document paths, format settings, and metadata in computation context.

quarto.org/docs/advance...

#quarto #computation #dataScience

HTML Accessibility Checks – Quarto

November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Are you aware that Quarto 1.8 includes built-in accessibility checks for HTML documents using the industry-standard axe-core engine?
quarto.org/docs/output-...

#Quarto #accessibility

Mastering Quarto CLI: From Authoring to Publishing

November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Reposted by Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Join me for "Mastering Quarto CLI: From Authoring to Publishing" 📈 5-6 Feb 2026

I'll help you master:
- Reproducible documents
- Multi-language workflows
- Beautiful publishing

Let's transform your data projects! www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

#DataScience #Quarto

5th-6th February 2026

www.physalia-courses.org

October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🎉 2000 stars 🎉

Thank you to everyone who starred awesome-quarto!

This curated collection of Quarto resources, extensions, and examples has reached 2000 stars 🎉 thanks to our incredible community.

github.com/mcanouil/awe...

#Quarto #AwesomeQuarto #QuartoPub

GitHub - mcanouil/awesome-quarto: A curated list of Quarto talks, tools, examples & articles! Contributions welcome!

A curated list of Quarto talks, tools, examples & articles! Contributions welcome! - mcanouil/awesome-quarto

Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions: Building Maintainable and Robust Extensions – MCU

November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🚀 New blog post: "Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions"

Transform your working code into maintainable, robust extensions with proven patterns:
- Modular architecture
- Parameter scoping

Level up your Quarto game!

mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1...

#Quarto #QuartoPub #Lua #DataScience

This guide explores essential practices drawn from Quarto’s extensions and community standards, covering project structure, error handling, documentation, and release management to help transform your...

Mastering Quarto CLI: From Authoring to Publishing

November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Join me for "Mastering Quarto CLI: From Authoring to Publishing" 📈 5-6 Feb 2026

I'll help you master:
- Reproducible documents
- Multi-language workflows
- Beautiful publishing

Let's transform your data projects! www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

#DataScience #Quarto

5th-6th February 2026

www.physalia-courses.org

October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM

Reposted by Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

Isabella Velásquez

@ivelasq3.bsky.social

I'm super excited to give a workshop during next week's R/Pharma conference! Join me if you'd like to discuss the ✨beautiful✨ outputs you can create with #Quarto and #RStats.

📅 Tuesday, November 4 at 9 am CT

🔗 Free to register, too! events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...

October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

Want to give it a try?
Jump right in with the Quarto Wizard extension for Positron and VSCode!

Getting started has never been easier.

github.com/mcanouil/qua...

#Quarto #PositronIDE #VSCode

October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🚀 New Quarto Extension: "Remember"

Never lose your place again! Automatically saves & restores your scroll position, chapter location, and slide progress across HTML docs, books & Reveal.js presentations.

github.com/mcanouil/qua...

#Quarto #QuartoPub #tracking #DataScience

GitHub - mcanouil/quarto-remember: An extension for Quarto to save and restore navigation position across page visits for both HTML documents and Reveal.js presentations.

An extension for Quarto to save and restore navigation position across page visits for both HTML documents and Reveal.js presentations. - mcanouil/quarto-remember

Quarto Wizard 1.0.0: Democratising Quarto Extension Management – Quarto

October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Reposted by Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

Posit

@posit.co

Announcing Quarto Wizard 1.0.0: a new extension by @mickael.canouil.fr that replaces complex terminal commands with an intuitive GUI for managing extensions and templates.

Find, install, update, and remove #Quarto tools with a click.

Learn more: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...

Introducing a game-changing extension for VS Code and Positron that transforms Quarto extensions management with an intuitive GUI for extensions and templates.

Quarto Websites 1: Build your homepage | Charlotte Wickham & Emil Hvitfeldt | Posit

October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Reposted by Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

We Are R-Ladies

@weare.rladies.org

If you haven't got a website and want to give #quarto a go, the first video in my "Quarto Websites" series with @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social could be a good place to start:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7r2...
More resources in 🧵

YouTube video by Posit PBC

www.youtube.com

October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D.

@mickael.canouil.fr

🎉 The magic is real: Quarto Wizard 1.0.0 is LIVE!

Wave goodbye to complexity, pure enchantment awaits:

🪄 Magical extension browsing (250+ spells available)
✨ One-click wizardry
🔮 VS Code & Positron enchantment

quarto.org/docs/blog/po...

#DataScience #Quarto #QuartoPub #VSCode #PositronIDE

Quarto Wizard 1.0.0: Democratising Quarto Extension Management – Quarto

Introducing a game-changing extension for VS Code and Positron that transforms Quarto extensions management with an intuitive GUI for extensions and templates.