Create an RMarkdown BeamerPoster template

Question

I would like to create a BeamerPoster https://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamerposter (or some other a0poster-like poster format) using Rmarkdown. This seems possible reading http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/developer_document_templates.html. Before I start from scratch, I thought I would ask to see if anyone has done this and would share or point me to a template so I do not have to recreate the wheel. Specifically, I would like to modify the BeamerPoster found at https://github.com/STAT-ATA-ASU/STT3851ClassRepo/blob/gh-pages/Poster/PosterTemplate2.Rnw into an Rmarkdown template for creating a poster. The good folks at RStudio have created very nice RMarkdown templates for slides, vignettes, documents, etc. A poster format for RMarkdown would be a fantastic addition ;)

Omission

Not that I know of... – Omission

you can find a poster template here: github.com/exporl/kuleuven-templates – Matchless

Is it example still working? When I try to 'knit' poster-R-example.Rmd, I receive following error message: (pdftex.def) Requested size: 369.88582pt x 132.0746pt.) Runaway argument? \par \begin {columns} \par \column {(\linewidth -1cm)*\real {0.500000\ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \frame. <inserted text> \par <*> poster-r-example.tex I suspect you have forgotten a `}', causing me – Cowey

Answer 1

I'm afraid that this is not the direct answer to your question, especially whether there is a Rmarkdown template for BeamerPoster. However, I'm sure that there is a poster format for RMarkdown. Although they are HTML based, they would deserve to be tried:

1. Brent Thorne's posterdown
2. rstudio/pagedown by Yihui Xie and Romain Lesur

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