Tweak RStudio desktop on OSX to put plots and docs in external windows

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