RMarkdown uses the program Pandoc to convert between different output formats.
Beginning with version 2, the Pandoc binary ships with an interpreter for Lua filters included, thereby avoiding any external dependencies.
Therefore, users might be interested in updating to a newer version of Pandoc.
It is actually really easy to update to a new Pandoc version, by just chaning the binaries in RStudio's bin/ folder.
Yihui Xie wrote an excellent blog entry suggesting the usage of the new Pandoc version on https://yihui.name/en/2018/06/time-for-pandoc-2-x/.
Did anyone so far make experiences how well this works?