How can I format sessionInfo() in rmarkdown?

Question

If I want to nicely print my sessionInfo in R for a PDF, I can just use

toLatex(sessionInfo())

It seems like there should be a similar option f

Answer 1

Try pander, which is a general method to do the R->markdown conversion:

> pander(sessionInfo())
**R version 3.2.1 (2015-06-18)**

**Platform:** x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) 

**locale:**
_LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_NUMERIC=C_, _LC_TIME=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_COLLATE=C_, _LC_MONETARY=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_MESSAGES=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_PAPER=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_NAME=C_, _LC_ADDRESS=C_, _LC_TELEPHONE=C_, _LC_MEASUREMENT=hu_HU.utf8_ and _LC_IDENTIFICATION=C_

**attached base packages:** 
_stats_, _graphics_, _grDevices_, _utils_, _datasets_, _methods_ and _base_

**other attached packages:** 
pander(v.0.5.3)

**loaded via a namespace (and not attached):** 
_tools(v.3.2.1)_, _Rcpp(v.0.12.1)_ and _digest(v.0.6.8)_

Or in the long form:

> pander(sessionInfo(), compact = FALSE)
**R version 3.2.1 (2015-06-18)**

**Platform:** x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) 

**locale:**
_LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_NUMERIC=C_, _LC_TIME=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_COLLATE=C_, _LC_MONETARY=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_MESSAGES=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_PAPER=hu_HU.utf8_, _LC_NAME=C_, _LC_ADDRESS=C_, _LC_TELEPHONE=C_, _LC_MEASUREMENT=hu_HU.utf8_ and _LC_IDENTIFICATION=C_

**attached base packages:** 

* stats 
* graphics 
* grDevices 
* utils 
* datasets 
* methods 
* base 


**other attached packages:** 

* pander(v.0.5.3) 


**loaded via a namespace (and not attached):** 

* tools(v.3.2.1) 
* Rcpp(v.0.12.1) 
* digest(v.0.6.8) 

Resulting in the following HTML: