modelsummary 1.4.0

[vincentarelbundock]

kableExtra does not appear to be actively maintained and it causes some problems on pkgdown websites and for installation on some platforms. In version 1.4.0, modelsummary will no longer depend on kableExtra. Instead it will give the user a choice to install any of the supported table-making package, and offer a function to set a persistent default.

Call setting:

modelsummary(model, output = "gt")

Persistent setting stays only for the current session:

options(modelsummary_factory_default = "gt")

Persistent setting stays across sessions:

config_modelsummary(factory_default = "gt")

Developers of packages that use modelsummary in vignettes need to add a table-making package to Suggests.

[grantmcdermott]

Thanks mate, appreciate the HU. I'll hold off on this for now until 1.4.0 hits CRAN. (Or does this this gt-based functionality already work well with the current CRAN version?)

[vincentarelbundock]

Yes, in principle this PR should be safe and work with past, present, and future versions of ˋmodelsummary‘.