Forces comments to start with a space, that is, after the regular expression #+['\\*], at least one space must follow if the comment is non-empty, i.e there is not just spaces within the comment. Multiple spaces may be legit for indention in some situations.

start_comments_with_space(pd, force_one = FALSE)

Arguments

pd

A parse table.

force_one

Whether or not to force one space or allow multiple spaces.

Exceptions

Spaces won't be added to comments when they are:

  • shebangs

  • code chunk headers

  • xaringan markers