How to change settings to open an Rmd file without the default script in R?

Question

Is there any way for me to open an Rmd file in R with just the yaml instead of everything else?

I'd like this...

---
title: "Untitled"
author: ""
date: ""
output: html_document
---

Instead of ...

---
title: "Untitled"
author: ""
date: ""
output: html_document
---

{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)

## R Markdown

This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see <http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com>.

When you click the **Knit** button a document will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this:

```{r cars}
summary(cars)

Including Plots

You can also embed plots, for example:

plot(pressure)

Note that the echo = FALSE parameter was added to the code chunk to prevent printing of the R code that generated the plot.

What is the objective of this? it is not very clear what you are trying to achieve — Bulat
@Bulat No particular reason, it's just a little annoying having to delete the code when you open a new rmd file. — SteadyGrow99
Got it, it is annoying indeed. I understood what you want to achieve now ) — Bulat

Marcelo Avila Marcelo Avila · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-18T20:10:31

You have as far as I know two options:

1. using {rmarkdown::draft()}

You would need to save the template localy and create a new file withe the draft() function.

draft(file, template, package = NULL, create_dir = "default", edit = TRUE)

2. create a package with the template and install the package.

You can copy and adapt dr-harper's package with your custom templates and install the package locally. This option has the benefit of allowing you to choose the template from within RStudio's new-file interface.

To create the template, follow Chapter 17 from R Markdown: The Definitive Guide of Yihui Xie, J. J. Allaire and Garrett Grolemund.