If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

To use Code Blocks, write or paste your code in the document. Once you have the code in place, select the complete section of code and then: Select the language from the Language dropdown.

In most cases, folks tend to use Notepad to add code blocks and commands, but if you already have Microsoft Word opened, then there is no need to fire up Notepad at all. From what we can tell ...