Use different file icons for different file types associated with RStudio

[GegznaV]

Create and enable different file icons for Windows (Windows Explorer) and, possibly, other OSes for different file types associated with RStudio. These files include:

• .R R script
• .Rmd R Markdown
• .qmd Quarto
• .rds R data file
• .RData, rda R data file
• .rprofile R settings
• .rhistory R history
• .Rd R documentation
• .Rbuildignore
• etc.

Other file types should have different icons too:

• .md Markdown
• .json JSON
• .js Java Script
• .sh Shell scripts
• .py Python files
• .yml, .yaml
• etc.

At least create different icons for R and non-R scripts, data files, and setup files.

In Files pane, there are different icons used, e.g.:

But in Windows Explorer now only .Rproj files are different. All other icons look the same:

So why the same icons from Files window are not used in Windows Explorer?

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[GegznaV]

Not implemented yet.

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[GegznaV]

Not implemented yet.

[zhaoliang0302]

Same in Windows 11 x64 22H2. I tried several version of Rstudio, all the .R and .Rproj files will not automatically associated with Rstudio after installtion. I should open them and chose Rstudio to open them manually. Icons of all these files look same.