NEWS

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qpost 1.1.0 (2026-09-16)

• New exported function edit_post() for editing existing post YAML metadata via dialog
  • Pre-populates dialog with current YAML values
  • Auto-updates date-modified to today on every save
  • Preserves post body; only replaces YAML front matter
  • Optional .bak backup before modification
  • Available as RStudio/Positron addin
• edit_post() handles title changes interactively:
  • When the title is modified in the dialog, the title field shows an amber warning reminding the user that a directory decision will follow
  • After clicking Done, the user is asked whether to create a new post directory for the new title
  • Yes: all files are copied to a new directory named after the new title's kebab-case slug; the old directory is renamed to _old-slug.bak/ (hidden from Quarto rendering by the leading _) and its index.qmd has draft: true set as an additional safety signal; the new file is opened automatically in the editor
  • No: only the YAML title: field is updated; the directory name stays unchanged
  • If the target new directory already exists, the operation falls back to a YAML-only update with a warning
• Bug fixes:
  • add_coins() now uses rstudioapi::getSourceEditorContext() instead of rstudioapi::getActiveDocumentContext(), so it resolves the target file correctly even when the R Console has focus
  • add_coins() auto-resolves a directory argument to the index.qmd file inside it, with a clear error if no such file exists
  • The \donttest{} example of add_coins() uses tempfile() instead of tempdir(), so repeated runs no longer hit a stale COinS chunk and a readline() prompt in a non-interactive context
  • YAML rendering now correctly escapes quotation marks in user input via the new internal helper escape_yaml_dq(); all text fields (title, subtitle, author, image-alt) are safe for special characters
  • the YAML block replacement in edit_post() now splices text with str_locate()/str_sub() instead of str_replace(): ICU replacement strings treat backslash and $ as escape characters, which silently undid the quote escaping on every edit
  • Fixed Windows line-ending bug: readr::read_file() reads in binary mode, so files with CRLF line endings caused the YAML-replacement regex to silently fail on Windows; line endings are now normalised (CRLF -> LF) immediately after reading in both edit_post() and add_coins()

qpost 1.0.0 (2026-09-12)

• Package renamed from quartopost to qpost
• Main function renamed from quartopost() to qpost()
• New exported function add_coins() for COinS metadata generation
• add_coins() gains a file_path argument, so it can be used outside RStudio/Positron by passing the target file explicitly
• All option names updated from quartopost.* prefix to qpost.*

qpost 0.3.0

• New UI: Bigger window holds all fields in one tab
• Add proof if title is valid inside the dialog window.
• Provide feedback of status of title field after loosing focus
• Remove failed file creation if title is not valid (not needed anymore)
• Add configuration for draft post status
• Add configuration to show or hide empty fields
• Resolve bug: Put cursor at the end of the YAML front matter.

qpost 0.2.2

• Find the first YAML header to prevent that YAML from R code example is taken

qpost 0.2.1

• Resolved bug to find YAML header

qpost 0.2.0

• Added configuration settings

  • verbose = FALSE:
    • Do not ask user for confirmation before action
    • Do not show error message when user cancels

• Added checks for user input

  • Is it a quarto website?
  • Is a title provided?
  • Does the file name already exist?

qpost 0.1.0

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.