What’s new in Quarto 1.4?

Carlos Scheidegger, 2024-02-19

Quarto 1.4

• Inline Code Syntax
• Dashboards
• Shiny for Python
• Crossrefs
• Typst

Inline Code Syntax

• Quarto now offers a unified syntax for inline code in both Python and R

• The value of 1 + 2 is 3 (written {python} 1 + 2)

• Note this is slightly different from the usual inline r syntax.

• The legacy syntax remains supported in knitr.

• Very simple, but you’ll see this syntax everywhere.

Dashboards

• source, demo

Shiny for Python

• source, demo

• These can be published to https://shinyapps.io just like Shiny for R documents

Shiny for Python

• source, demo

• These can be published to https://quarto.pub, GitHub Pages, or anywhere you host static web pages!

Crossrefs

Anything goes

Contents of Figures and Tables and Listings can be anything you want: images, text, videos, interactive content, etc. (Demo)

Custom crossreference types

You can define Videos, Diagrams, Supplemental Tables, etc. (Demo)

Typst

• Typst is a new language for defining high-quality documents. Think “what if LaTeX but not from the 80’s”

• Just use format: typst (Demo)

Thanks!

Questions? carlos.scheidegger@posit.co