Getting R Plots into a Separate Non-R Window

Question

Is there any way to get R plots to pop-up in a separate window outside of RGui?

x11() does this in RStudio but not in RGui.

Thanks

If you're going to -1 the question please let me know why, I don't want to waste anyone's time with inefficient questions in the future. — user3745597, Jun 26 '14 at 16:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '14 at 16:56

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If you run a Cairo device from the cairoDevice package then the graph shows up in a separate window (at least my test on windows did).

If you run Rgui (on windows) in SDI mode instead of MDI mode then the standard graphics device will be a different window from the command line (but scripts, help, etc. will be as well).

The tkrplot package has tools for creating graphs in a separate Tk window.

You could send the graph to a file, then use shell.exec to open the viewer for the graphics file in a separate window.

There may be other ways as well.

answered Jun 26 '14 at 16:56

Greg Snow

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Awesome I'll give those a shot. Thanks for your answer here as well http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10312417/running-an-r-script-using-a-windows-shortcut – user3745597 Jun 26 '14 at 17:05
I ended up using SDI mode vs MDI mode, worked just fine. – user3745597 Jun 27 '14 at 19:16

Getting R Plots into a Separate Non-R Window

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