For a Shiny app, the "Source R Script" button should run the app

[juliasilge]

Related to #2225

Right now, the button just tries to run the file as if it were regular R code.

[jmcphers]

Also related: #396.

I've always liked that RStudio had a single command/keybinding that was a context-aware "run this code" gesture. Maybe worth revisiting?

[juliasilge]

Feedback from private beta user:
https://github.com/posit-dev/positron-beta/discussions/27

[jmcphers]

@andrie also hit this. https://positpbc.slack.com/archives/C05M2EZCPGR/p1712043238357019

[andrie]

IMO the shiny for python extension does the right thing.
This has been suggested before, but can we extend that extension to offer the same affordance to R apps?

[gadenbuie]

Related issue to add Shiny for R support to the vscode extension: posit-dev/shiny-vscode#29