Setting RStudio Preferences programmatically (e.g. in a Dockerfile)

[aaelony]

Hello!

I am working from Docker image databricksruntime/rbase:10.4-LTS which contains RStudio and works nicely. Thank-you for a great experience!

1. Is it possible to programmatically set RStudio preference settings in a Dockerfile setting based on databricksruntime/rbase:10.4-LTS ?

   • For example, viewing line numbers, enabling/disabling rainbow parens, code completion options, and other (most of the) preference settings in Edit > Preferences ?

2. The existing Emacs keybindings in Edit > Preferences > Code > Editing > Keybindings > Emacs are great!

   • Is it possible to enable more Emacs keybindings? Specifically, under Top (GNU Emacs Manual)
     • window selection toggles (see Change-Window.html ) and
     • window recentering (see Recentering.html )

Thanks

P.S. I would have mad the emacs manual actual hyperlinks, but the UI enforces a 2 links maximum.

[aaelony]

Posting a reply so the issue isn't automatically closed after 3w from orig posting date. I'm still interested in this.

[carlos1172]

I'm interested in this as well!

[arthur.t]

This is an interesting question and I'm interested in any official answer.

One thought is if it's possible to simply take a local profile file with the settings you want and copy it into the Docker container upon creation with a COPY command in the Dockerfile.

[aaelony]

Gentle reminder comment (to keep this topic from closing).