# How to launch interactive GLMakie script from terminal

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You can also try the suggestion here to call `wait`

> [@Makie doesn't show anything when run as a script](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-doesnt-show-anything-when-run-as-a-script/97664/7):
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> On the phone so haven’t tried, but I believe you can also call wait on the return from display to wait until the window decides it is done. E.g. wait(display(fig))

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