r - renderMarkdown locally vs. shiny-server -

r - renderMarkdown locally vs. shiny-server -

for shiny application, have little issue rendermarkdown.

consider text file next simple contents:

markdown test file + item 1 + item 2

let's save file "markdown test.txt". now, let's read in , process it, using next r code:

filename <- "markdown test.txt" text.in <- readlines(filename) text.out <- rendermarkdown(text=text.in)

when run locally - i.e. on windows machine - get:

> text.out [1] "<p>markdown test file</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>item 1</li>\n<li>item 2</li>\n</ul>\n"

this looks good. however, running same code on machine hosts shiny server, get:

> text.out [1] "<p>markdown test file+ item 1+ item 2</p>\n"

as can see, markdown conversion far perfect; e.g. list not converted.

on windows machine have:

> sys.getlocale() [1] "lc_collate=english_united states.1252;lc_ctype=english_united states.1252;lc_monetary=english_united states.1252;lc_numeric=c;lc_time=english_united states.1252"

on shiny machine, get:

> sys.getlocale() [1] "lc_ctype=en_us.utf-8;lc_numeric=c;lc_time=en_us.utf-8;lc_collate=en_us.utf-8;lc_monetary=en_us.utf-8;lc_messages=en_us.utf-8;lc_paper=c;lc_name=c;lc_address=c;lc_telephone=c;lc_measurement=en_us.utf-8;lc_identification=c"

so, i'm assuming has encoding, little know encoding wish didn't... experiments dos2unix , sys.setlocale() allow nil frustration.

would happen have clever "one liner" can prepare this? help appreciated!

thanks, philipp

i'm not sure if r has dedicated bundle prepare line encodings, 1 way utilize sub replace \r\n \n (or strip \rs).

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