[BUG]plot command in REPL doesn't return to Julia prompt. Instead freezes with bizarre message

[lewisl]

Details

using Plots; plot(1:5)

Results in the following message in the REPL:

2025-03-24 10:54:42.145 gksqt[1534:3673843] +[IMKClient subclass]: chose IMKClient_Modern
2025-03-24 10:54:42.145 gksqt[1534:3673843] +[IMKInputSession subclass]: chose IMKInputSession_Modern

Requires ctrl-c to get out of this and return to prompt. This makes it impossible to interactively use plot!(...) to extend the plot.

Backends

This bug occurs on ( insert x below )

Backend	yes	no	untested
gr (default)	x
pythonplot
plotlyjs
pgfplotsx
unicodeplots
inspectdr
gaston

Versions

Plots.jl version: v1.40.9
Backend version (]st -m <backend(s)>): this syntax doesn't work. Please provide another method or better documentation
Output of versioninfo():

Commit d63adeda50d (2025-01-21 19:42 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin24.0.0)
  CPU: 10 × Apple M1 Max
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LLVM: libLLVM-16.0.6 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
Threads: 1 default, 0 interactive, 1 GC (on 8 virtual cores)
Environment:
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