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Feature Request: Support for R Notebook equivalent

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Description

Currently it seems that to render a Quarto document all of the code needs to be rerun. Are there plans to add something similar to R Notebooks, which just use the last output from the chunks (In Rstudio this is accomplished with the "Preview" button when using an R notebook)? This can be nice for longer analyses or more interactive exercises where you may want to edit a plot or a later section but don't need to rerun all the earlier parts.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing how Quarto renders documents and how the linked R Notebook workflow uses existing chunk output. The feature would be complete when a document can use prior chunk results for later edits without rerunning all earlier code, including for longer analyses or interactive exercises.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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