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Keyboard shortcut to execute selected code from the Help pane
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- TypeScript
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Description
In RStudio, you can select code in the Help pane, and press Cmd+Enter to execute it in the Console. This is useful for testing out code examples. @jmcphers suggested including a similar feature in Positron.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Help pane selection handling and the keyboard-command path in the Positron TypeScript codebase. Verify how selected code is sent to the Console, then confirm completion by selecting an example in the Help pane and using Cmd+Enter to execute it.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100