1 Introduction

The R package bookdownplus (Zhao 2017a) is an extension of bookdown (Xie 2016). It is a collection of multiple templates on the basis of LaTeX, which are tailored so that I can work happily under the umbrella of bookdown. bookdownplus helps you write academic journal articles, guitar books, chemical equations, mails, calendars, and diaries.

bookdownplus extends the features of bookdown, and simplifies the procedure. Users only have to choose a template, clarify the book title and author name, and then focus on writing the text. No need to struggle in YAML and LaTeX.

With bookdownplus users can

  • record guitar chords,

  • write a mail in an elegant layout,

  • write a laboratory journal, or a personal diary,

  • draw a monthly or weekly or conference calendar,

  • and, of course, write academic articles in your favourite way,

  • with chemical molecular formulae and equations,

  • even in Chinese,

  • and more wonders will come soon.

Full documentation can be found in the book R bookdownplus Textbook. The webpage looks so-so, while the pdf file might give you a little surprise.

References

Zhao, Peng. 2017a. Bookdownplus: Generate Varied Books and Documents with R ’Bookdown’ Package. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=bookdownplus.

Xie, Yihui. 2016. Bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman; Hall/CRC. https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown.