How to use svglite instead svg for R graphics output

[mavam]

For several output formats, the option fig-format controls the output type of the graphics. I am coming from the R and currently use svg but would like to use a different package to render the SVGs: svglite:

Compared to the built-in svg(), svglite produces smaller files, and leaves text as is, making it easier to edit the result after creation. It also support multiple nice features such as embedding of web fonts.

It seems there's no direct way to control this from the outside. How would I go after this? Is a customer filter a path to a solution? Or would I have to hack deeper in the code?

[mcanouil]

The following in your header should do it:

fig-format: svg
knitr:
  opts_chunk: 
    dev: "svglite"

[mavam]

Works like a charm!