Is there a way (shortcut or button or so) that allows me to clear the workspace and then source the current .r script?

CodePudding user response：

You can prior to sourcing your .R file do a few cleanups

Clean your workspace environment rm(list = ls())

Clear the plots tab if(!is.null(dev.list())) dev.off()

Clear the console cat("\014") (same as the shortcut Ctrl L)

CodePudding user response：

So, I found a non-ideal but will-do solution myself. Using the RStudio shortcut manager, you can define a shortcut to clean the workspace. I bound this to CTRL SHIFT X, such that it is close to the shortcut for sourcing the script, CTRL SHIFT S. However, clearing the workspace has a warning pop-up, so eventually, the routine becomes CTRL SHIFT X - ENTER - CTRL SHIFT S.