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Tweak RStudio desktop on OSX to put plots and docs in external windows
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rstudio_external.sh
#!/bin/bash
# modify RStudio's options to send plots to quartz by default,
# and open help and local html in the default browser
echo "
# ~~~~~~~~~~~
# Tweaks to view help and html in the browser, and plots in quartz, not the RStudio viewer pane
browser <- '/usr/bin/open'
device <- 'quartz'
# pop out help in the default web browser
options(browser = browser)
# use the browser as the viewer
options(viewer = browser)
# use quartz to view figures
options(device = device)" >> /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/Resources/R/Options.R
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