oh-my-posh/website/docs/segments/r.md

---
id: r
title: R
sidebar_label: R
---

## What

Display the currently active [R][r-homepage] version.

## Sample Configuration

```json
{
  "type": "r",
  "style": "powerline",
  "powerline_symbol": "\uE0B0",
  "foreground": "blue",
  "background": "lightWhite",
  "template": " R {{ .Full }} "
}
```

## Properties

- home_enabled: `boolean` - display the segment in the HOME folder or not - defaults to `false`
- fetch_version: `boolean` - display the R version - defaults to `true`
- display_error: `boolean` - show the error context when failing to retrieve the version information - defaults to `true`
- missing_command_text: `string` - text to display when the command is missing - defaults to empty
- display_mode: `string` - determines when the segment is displayed
  - `always`: the segment is always displayed
  - `files`: the segment is only displayed when `*.R`, `*.Rmd`, `*.Rsx`, `*.Rda`, `*.Rd`, `*.Rproj`, or `.Rproj.user`
    files are present (default)

## Template ([info][templates])

:::note default template

``` template
{{ if .Error }}{{ .Error }}{{ else }}{{ .Full }}{{ end }}
```

:::

### Properties

- `.Full`: `string` - the full version
- `.Major`: `string` - major number
- `.Minor`: `string` - minor number
- `.Patch`: `string` - patch number
- `.URL`: `string` - URL of the version info / release notes
- `.Error`: `string` - error encountered when fetching the version string

[templates]: /docs/configuration/templates
[r-homepage]: https://www.r-project.org/