# Problem rendering Compose.Context from GraphPlot.gplot() with gksqt backend on Windows (Julia v1.11.4)

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [May 11, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-rendering-compose-context-from-graphplot-gplot-with-gksqt-backend-on-windows-julia-v1-11-4/128908 "2025-05-11T16:53:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mattriks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattriks/32/351_2.png) [@Mattriks](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mattriks)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-rendering-compose-context-from-graphplot-gplot-with-gksqt-backend-on-windows-julia-v1-11-4/128908/2 "2025-05-12T04:01:45Z")

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Welcome to the Julia community!

- Plots/GR are separate from Compose.jl
- Compose has 3 graphical backends (svg, pdf/png, and tikz/pgf)
- Compose has a `draw` function e.g. `draw(PNG(), drawing)`
- Compose doesn’t need any `display` functions of it’s own (typically other packages that define “plottable objects” write their own display functions e.g. that call `Compose.draw`). See e.g. the Gadfly [display functions](https://github.com/GiovineItalia/Gadfly.jl/blob/8163a4c21a66d44d391af7dc13c43875a27302e5/src/Gadfly.jl#L997)
- see more Julia discourse examples [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-choose-display-software/29510/3) and [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-pluto-decide-what-to-show-graphically/58033/18)
- [Juliacon video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Fb5oNhhbc) about Julia’s display system

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