Plots and plot result in strange messages in the REPL

General Usage
1

I have reported this at the Plots github repository but maybe someone here has already seen this.

A new, seemingly incorrect plots behavior.

In the repl, just use Plots and make any plot:

using Plots
plot(1:5). # or any other plot...

With the gr backend, a gks QtTerm window opens displaying the correct plot.

However, the command produces this output in the REPL:

2025-03-24 11:24:03.189 gksqt[2401:3693999] +[IMKClient subclass]: chose IMKClient_Modern
2025-03-24 11:24:03.189 gksqt[2401:3693999] +[IMKInputSession subclass]: chose IMKInputSession_Modern

The only way out of this is crl-c. This make it impossible to use a sequence of plot commands (or not conveniently, at least…). It is possible to follow up with a plot!(…) command because the running instance of Plots knows the state and can generate another updated plot windown.

I haven’t ever seen this behavior from Plots and the plot command before.

2

This seems to be a Mac-specific issue (see this thread).

3

Yes, it is. It has something to do with creating a window, which Plots must do. But, it didn’t happen until recently.

Any clues for where to go for a solution? Even if it is Apple’s “fault”, they are the mountain and Julia is the pebble and it falls to the pebble to find a solution.

4

… seems to be fixed in the upcoming macOS release (Sequoia 15.4 RC)

5

Thanks. Looking forward to this. You can mark it closed as it ought to be resolved by this and there is nothing else to be done.