Possible issue in the Introduction regarding a reference

[tibbles-and-tribbles]

From the Introduction (https://r.geocompx.org/intro), the sentence “Interfaces to other software are part of R” (Eddelbuettel and Balamuta 2018) is problematic. Here's the surrounding context...

This book is also motivated by the importance of reproducibility for scientific research. It aims to make reproducible geographic data analysis workflows more accessible, and demonstrate the power of open geospatial software available from the command-line. “Interfaces to other software are part of R” (Eddelbuettel and Balamuta 2018). This means that in addition to outstanding ‘in house’ capabilities, R allows access to many other spatial software libraries, explained in Section 1.2 and demonstrated in Chapter 10. Before going into the details of the software, however, it is worth taking a step back and thinking about what we mean by geocomputation.

I'm not sure how to unpack this issue, but I can say that "Interfaces to other software are part of R" is not under References at the end of the chapter.

I hope this is useful!

[Robinlovelace]

That is useful. Will take a look, let us know of any other issues as you find them!

[Nowosad]

I can see it in the references --- https://r.geocompx.org/references#ref-eddelbuettel_extending_2018

[tibbles-and-tribbles]

Maybe it will be more helpful if I rephrase the issue as a question: Why is "Interfaces to other software are part of R" in quotes and why does it comprise a single sentence?

As a reader not familiar with the literature, I assumed that "Interfaces to other software are part of R" was the title of a source.

[Nowosad]

Oh, I see. Thanks for the explanation @tibbles-and-tribbles