klmr/box

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Write reusable, composable and modular R code

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Indexed issues: 66

Dominant language: R
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 18, 2026
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Opening documentation through `box::help()` gone wrong for a name re-exported through a parent `__init__.r`, but works when the submodule is qualified directly Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

klmr/box#399 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Add option to export Rd documentation Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

klmr/box#398 · Opened Jul 5, 2026
Add registerS3method() to list of legacy functions to warn about Open

⚙️ enhancement

klmr/box#396 · 1 assignee · Opened May 5, 2026
purpose of box:::path_tests$rstudio_path, and behavior in RStudio/Posit Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

klmr/box#394 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 17, 2026
`box::export()` at namespace scope overrides export attribute declarations Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

klmr/box#375 · Opened Nov 12, 2024
Support for Positron IDE Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

klmr/box#374 · 3 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Oct 21, 2024
Breakpoints not triggered in VS Code R Debugger when using box Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

klmr/box#372 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2024
Some auto-complete support for box modules in VSCode and languageserver Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#371 · Opened Sep 3, 2024
Add transitive package dependency discovery support for ‘renv’ Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#368 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 29, 2024
Imported object environment size increases when loading other modules Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#366 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2024
Local module sourcing occasionally fails with RStudio run Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#365 · 1 comment · Opened May 28, 2024
A Whitespace Character After `#' @export` Prevents Export Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

klmr/box#362 · 1 reaction · Opened May 2, 2024
Unexpected error when trying to access non-existent variable from module Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#360 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 7, 2024
Add explicit binding Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#355 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 8, 2024
module shows up multiple times on the search path Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

klmr/box#354 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 6, 2024
FR: Allow `box()` to access distant modules through a URL Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#353 · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 22, 2024
Read environment variables only at startup Open

⚙️ enhancement

klmr/box#344 · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 22, 2023
Documentation not found for reexports Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

klmr/box#330 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2023
Add contribution instructions Open

📚 documentation 🚀 ready 🧹 maintenance

klmr/box#323 · 1 assignee · Opened May 23, 2023
Allow tidyselect-like syntax within `use()` Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#319 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 4, 2023
`box::use` searches wrong directory inside parallel foreach execution Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

klmr/box#312 · Opened Mar 27, 2023
Search for modules after packages has been exhausted Open

✨ new feature

klmr/box#307 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 25, 2023
Push Box Path Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

klmr/box#300 · 9 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2022
Extract and visualize dependencies Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

klmr/box#299 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 21, 2022
FAQ: why do I need to register methods for S3 generics from other modules/packages? Open

🧹 maintenance

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#298 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2022
`box::help` does not work on aliases of attached names Open

⚙️ enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

klmr/box#297 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 28, 2022
Cannot include Rcpp code by following the vignette Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

klmr/box#295 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 25, 2022
Explore infrastructure requirements to allow nesting modules inside packages Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#292 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 26, 2022
inputting portions of a script Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#289 · Opened Aug 2, 2022
Improve the debugging experience Open

⚙️ enhancement ✨ new feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#288 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 2, 2022
Allow excluding attached names via `!` Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

klmr/box#287 · Opened Jul 23, 2022
Show a readable error message when there’s an error in a module Open

⚠️ bug

klmr/box#286 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 30, 2022
Cannot use `S4` and `box` together: `name '.cacheOnAssign' not found in 'env'` Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#284 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 21, 2022
box without modules Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#279 · 1 comment · Opened May 29, 2022
Make individual topics more discoverable in documentation Open

⚙️ enhancement 📚 documentation

klmr/box#277 · 1 assignee · Opened May 16, 2022
Benchmark different operations in ‘box’ Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#265 · Opened Jan 22, 2022
Keep secondary storage cache of installed modules Open

⚙️ enhancement ✨ new feature 💬 discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#264 · Opened Jan 20, 2022
Doesn't work with {shinytest} Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

klmr/box#257 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 8, 2021
Support Markdown in documentation Open

✨ new feature

klmr/box#256 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 10, 2021
Loading modules from an S3 bucket Open

✨ new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#254 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 8, 2021
How to share {box} modules through GitHub like R packages Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#242 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 7, 2021
autoreload feature Open

✨ new feature 🛠 work in progress

klmr/box#234 · 11 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 19, 2021
Reasonable way to use RStudio's source with modules? Open

💬 discussion

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#218 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2021
Writing a non-package using box, and then converting to a package Open

💬 discussion 🙋 FAQ 🛠 work in progress 🧹 maintenance

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

klmr/box#216 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2021
Callr module sourcing Open

⚠️ bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#199 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 25, 2021
Mechanism for testing box-package based project structures Open

💬 discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#196 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 19, 2021
Examining loaded packages in module namespaces/environments Open

✨ new feature 💬 discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

klmr/box#179 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2021
Support re-running modified `box::use` declaration Open

⚠️ bug ✨ new feature 💬 discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

klmr/box#178 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 16, 2021
“help” shows incorrect/incomplete documentation Open

⚠️ bug

klmr/box#169 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 27, 2021
Add support for user hooks Open

⚙️ enhancement ✨ new feature 💬 discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

klmr/box#164 · Opened Jan 2, 2021

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