Cannot create new plotting window (device?) with par(new=T)

Question

I want to create a new window for each additional plot in R. I tried

plot(rnorm(20), new=TRUE)

and also

par(new=T)
plot(rnorm(20), new=TRUE)

Neither gives me a new window. Do I really need to create a new device?

yes, open a new device with dev.new(); it's probably what you're after — baptiste, Feb 15 '12 at 19:52
What R interface are you using? AFAIK, RStudio doesn't (yet) allow multiple plot windows. — Carl Witthoft, Feb 15 '12 at 20:28
In RStudio, you have to open a new windows device by `x11()`, `windows()` or `quartz()`, depending on your OS; `dev.new()` will not work. — Yihui Xie, Feb 15 '12 at 22:52
If this is the case I'd personally consider this a bug in Rstudio rather than something to do with R per se — baptiste, Feb 16 '12 at 00:11

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 08 '13 at 15:50

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The plot.new() function is used to start a new plot on the current device and will open a default device if there is not a device currently open. If you want a new device (so that you have the old plot in one window and the new plot in another window) then use dev.new() or other device functions.

edited Apr 08 '13 at 15:50

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answered Feb 15 '12 at 20:13

Greg Snow

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '12 at 18:55

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par(new = T) is used for plotting over an existing plot. You will need to create a new device for each plot, closed with dev.off(). If you want multiple plots in the same window, try using par(mfrow=c(2,2) for 2 rows of 2 plots.

answered Feb 15 '12 at 18:55

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Cannot create new plotting window (device?) with par(new=T)

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