Plot using preview instead of plotting to X device

uses ggsave to save a ggplot object to file and then opens a new device and displays it.

ggpreview(
  plot = ggplot2::last_plot(),
  filename = tempfile(fileext = ".png"),
  ...
)

Arguments

plot

Plot to save, defaults to last plot displayed.

filename

File name to create on disk.

...

Arguments passed on to ggplot2::ggsave

device: Device to use. Can either be a device function (e.g. png), or one of "eps", "ps", "tex" (pictex), "pdf", "jpeg", "tiff", "png", "bmp", "svg" or "wmf" (windows only).
path: Path of the directory to save plot to: path and filename are combined to create the fully qualified file name. Defaults to the working directory.
scale: Multiplicative scaling factor.
width,height,units: Plot size in units ("in", "cm", "mm", or "px"). If not supplied, uses the size of current graphics device.
dpi: Plot resolution. Also accepts a string input: "retina" (320), "print" (300), or "screen" (72). Applies only to raster output types.
limitsize: When TRUE (the default), ggsave() will not save images larger than 50x50 inches, to prevent the common error of specifying dimensions in pixels.
bg: Background colour. If NULL, uses the plot.background fill value from the plot theme.

if (FALSE) {
library(ggplot2)
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
    geom_point() +
    ggpreview()
}