This is a proof-of-concept of how an R Markdown Notebook can be converted into an IPython Notebook. The idea is to allow R users to author reproducible documents in R Markdown, but be able to seamlessly convert into HTML or an IPython Notebook, which allows greater interactivity.

The bulk of the work here is done by [notedown](https://github.com/aaren/notedown), a python module that helps create IPython notebooks from markdown. The approach I have taken here is to convert the [RMarkdown](example.Rmd) file into a [Markdown](example.md) file using a custom `knitr` script, and then using [notedown](https://github.com/aaren/notedown) to render it as an IPython notebook.

If you want to test it out, install the [notedown](https://github.com/aaren/notedown) module and run `make example.ipynb`.

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You can view the converted IPython Notebook on [nbviewer](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/ramnathv/9334834/example.ipynb)