preview_site

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preview_site()

Preview the documentation site

Usage

preview_site(pkg = ".", browse = TRUE)

Arguments

Argument Description
pkg Path to the package root directory
browse Open the preview in a browser (default TRUE)

Value

Invisibly returns the path to the index file

Description

Opens the built documentation site in a web browser using quarto preview. If the site hasn’t been built, builds it first.

Details

This function uses the quarto R package for proper process management. The preview server runs in the background and can be stopped with quarto::quarto_preview_stop().

The preview runs from the package root directory and uses _quarto.yml for configuration. Changes to source files will trigger automatic rebuilds.