Reset par to the default values at startup

Question

Normally when I make my own plot functions, I make a construct :

op <- par(\"mypar\"=myvalue)
on.exit(par(op))

which is the standard way

Answer 1

dev.off() is the best function, but it clears also all plots. If you want to keep plots in your window, at the beginning save default par settings:

def.par = par()

Then when you use your par functions you still have a backup of default par settings. Later on, after generating plots, finish with:

par(def.par) #go back to default par settings

With this, you keep generated plots and reset par settings.