Switch to an existing plot device, or if not already open,
launch a new graphics device based on operating system used.
On Windows and macOS, if x
is not provided, this will open or switch to the first
non-RStudio device, which is much faster than the png
-based RStudio plot device.
Currently, this will not open anything new.
dev(x, ..., verbose = getOption("quickPlot.verbose"))
The number of a plot device. If missing, will open a new non-RStudio plotting device
Additional arguments passed to newPlot()
.
Numeric or logical. If TRUE
or >0
, then messages will be
shown. If FALSE
or 0
, most messages will be suppressed.
Opens a new plot device on the screen. Invisibly returns the device number selected.
For example, dev(6)
switches the active plot device to device 6.
If it does not exist, it opens it. If devices 1-5 don't exist they will be opened too.
if (FALSE) {
dev(4)
}