From 64ce2fa3579a96cdfd97adb69554d8c0de73177c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hadley Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 08:45:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] More on error = TRUE Fixes #323 --- rmarkdown.Rmd | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/rmarkdown.Rmd b/rmarkdown.Rmd index f44ef48..748ff7a 100644 --- a/rmarkdown.Rmd +++ b/rmarkdown.Rmd @@ -181,10 +181,11 @@ The most important set of options controls if your code block is executed and wh plots. * `error = TRUE` causes the render to continue even if code returns an error. - This is rarely useful for data analysis reports, but it's useful for - teaching so that you can illustrate important errors. The default, - `error = FALSE` causes knitting to failure if there is a single error - in the document. + This is rarely something you'll want to include in the final version + of your report, but can be very useful if you need to debug exactly + what is going on inside your `.Rmd`. It's also useful if you're teaching R + and want to deliberately include an error. The default, `error = FALSE` causes + knitting to failure if there is a single error in the document. The following table summarises the options: