v2.4.0

New Features

• Added "R Markdown: New Draft" command to choose a template for a new R Markdown document. (#984)
• Added Attached Namespaces and Loaded Namespaces to the workspace viewer. (#1022)

Enhancements

• spawn is consistently used to run R scripts and commands. (#985)
• Added a problemMatcher for testthat output from Test task. (#989, thanks @gowerc)
• Code chunk snippets now preserve selected text. (#1001)
• Added more useful Shiny and R Markdown snippets. (#1009, #1012, thanks @jooyoungseo).
• Provides optional code argument to r.runSelection command for other extensions to execute interactive R code. (#1017, thanks @jjallaire)
• Supports lambda function declaration in syntax higlighting. (#1025)

Fixes

• Fixed code detection with mixed quotes. (#988, thanks @gowerc)
• Fixed syntax highlighting for variables starting with function. (#992, thanks @gowerc)
• Fixed R task definition and resolveTask. (#994)
• Fixed auto port forwarding for httpgd plot viewer in LiveShare session. (#1026)

Commits

• aaf809d: Use spawn (#985) (Kun Ren) #985
• 5f7b9e8: Fix commented pipe bug (#988) (Craig Gower-Page) #988
• Add problemMatching to task (#989) #989 (Craig Gower-Page)
• f5d857e: R markdown templates (#984) (Kun Ren) #984
• a621bf8: Fix resolveTask (#994) (Kun Ren) #994
• 26c0887: Preserve selected text (#1001) (Kun Ren) #1001
• 4ba871c: Fix incorrect syntax highlighting for variables starting with "function" (#992) (Craig Gower-Page) #992
• 52aa54e: Provide optional 'code' argument to r.runSelection command (#1017) (J.J. Allaire) #1017
• d9b99b2: Add Shiny snippets (#1012) (JooYoung Seo) #1012
• ff60e42: Add lambda to function-declarations (#1025) (Kun Ren) #1025
• 38b9f44: Enhance workspace viewer (#1022) (Kun Ren) #1022
• e290901: Share httpgd url for LiveShare (#1026) (Kun Ren) #1026
• a3ebb33: Add some useful Rmd snippets (#1009) (JooYoung Seo) #1009
• 3016cd2: release 2.4.0 (Kun Ren)