Improve documentation following discussion in rstudio/rmarkdown#1954

NEWS.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 - The chunk option `collapse = TRUE` now works as expected when the chunk option `attr.*` or `class.*` is provided. By this change, The chunk option `collapse = TRUE` forces `attr.*` and `class.*` be `NULL` except for the chunk options `attr.source` and `class.source` (thanks, @aosavi @cderv @atusy, #1902 #1906).
 
+- New links added in `?knitr::kable()` help page to the Rmarkdown Cookbook relevant pages. 
+
 # CHANGES IN knitr VERSION 1.30
 
 ## NEW FEATURES

R/table.R

@@ -43,19 +43,22 @@
 #' @param escape Boolean; whether to escape special characters when producing
 #'   HTML or LaTeX tables. When \code{escape = FALSE}, you have to make sure
 #'   that special characters will not trigger syntax errors in LaTeX or HTML.
-#' @param ... Other arguments (see Examples).
+#' @param ... Other arguments (see Examples and References).
 #' @return A character vector of the table source code.
 #' @seealso Other R packages such as \pkg{huxtable}, \pkg{xtable},
-#'   \pkg{kableExtra}, and \pkg{tables} for HTML and LaTeX tables, and
+#'   \pkg{kableExtra}, \pkg{gt} and \pkg{tables} for HTML and LaTeX tables, and
 #'   \pkg{ascii} and \pkg{pander} for different flavors of markdown output and
-#'   some advanced features and table styles.
+#'   some advanced features and table styles. For more on other packages for
+#'   creating tables, see
+#'   \url{https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown-cookbook/table-other.html}.
 #' @note When using \code{kable()} as a \emph{top-level} expression, you do not
 #'   need to explicitly \code{print()} it due to R's automatic implicit
 #'   printing. When it is wrapped inside other expressions (such as a
 #'   \code{\link{for}} loop), you must explicitly \code{print(kable(...))}.
 #' @references See
-#'   \url{https://github.com/yihui/knitr-examples/blob/master/091-knitr-table.Rnw}
-#'    for some examples in LaTeX, but they also apply to other document formats.
+#'   \url{https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown-cookbook/kable.html} for some
+#'   examples about this function, including specific arguments according to the
+#'   \code{format} selected.
 #' @export
 #' @examples d1 = head(iris); d2 = head(mtcars)
 #' # pipe tables by default