Multiple user-defined script templates

RStudio IDE
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I can create a default script template as outline here. Specifically, I place my template file, called default.R, in the ~/.config/rstudio/templates/ directory and all new files adopt that structure. Great!

My question is, can I create multiple templates that I can choose from? I'm thinking of something like when I create an RMarkdown file and I'm given several options to select from. I have already tried placing additional templates in ~/.config/rstudio/templates/, but RStudio just uses the default template instead.

I know there was a discussion about this a few years ago, but as the UI functionality wasn't there yet, it wasn't implemented. Has anything changed in that regard?

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Nope, there's nothing new here. If you want this level of functionality, you could create an RStudio add-in that has a command that will prompt you for a template name, open a new document, and insert your desired template text.

https://rstudio.github.io/rstudioaddins/

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