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 # YESCDS2
 Updating YESCDS with webr
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+To make this work, one needs to `quarto add coatless/quarto-webr` in the folder where
+qmd will be compiled.  The repos and packages are specified in the qmd header.
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+pkgdown does not seem to handle webr quarto at this time (23 mar 2024)