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Add option to specify output directory in quarto_render()
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Description
Currently, the quarto_render() function does not have a parameter to specify the output directory for rendered files. As a result, output files (e.g., HTML, PDF, DOCX) are always generated in the same directory as the source .qmd file, which can be inconvenient for organizing projects.
It would be very helpful to add an argument like output_dir to quarto_render(), similar to rmarkdown::render(output_dir = "path/to/folder"), so that users can control where the rendered files are saved.
This would improve workflow flexibility, especially in automated or reproducible reporting pipelines.
Thank you!
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Research direction
Start at the quarto_render() entry point and trace how it passes rendering options to quarto-cli. Add support for an output_dir argument matching the requested behavior, then verify that rendered HTML, PDF, and DOCX files are saved in the specified directory rather than beside the source .qmd file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100