Support the Visual Editor also for standard script files

[albertomercurio]

Description

Quarto already supports rendering standard script files like .py or .jl, by simply dividing the cells with # %%. However, it would be very nice if also the Visual Editor could support such files. In this way, I can still work with a pure .py file, but in a visual way, by rendering markdown and Latex equations for example. And when I need to run this file elsewhere (e.g., a cluster), the .py file is ready to use.

I find the Visual Editor very game-changing (although it doesn't support autocompletion and Copilot yet), and the support to also standard script file would be awesome.

[albertomercurio]

Hello,

Any insights on this?

[cderv]

This is still an open feature request that we'll consider when planning future work. When there will be any update, we'll make sure to update this issue too.

In the meantime, this issue stays open and can collect some more 👍 to help prioritize feature request.

Thanks for your understanding.