Plots.jl: Broken pipe when plotting from multiple REPLs

[korsbo]

Hello,

I frequently have more than one REPL active at any given time (multiple projects ongoing). But when I use more than one of them for plotting (not simultaneously) I get a broken pipe error.

This only happens to me with the GR backend and I can reliably recreate the error by trying the above (in any order as far as I can see). This error has followed me for a long time, across several versions of plots, gr and Julia so I was a bit surprised not to find previous reports of it (is this really just me?).

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and i3 window manager.

Cheers and thanks for your work!

[scottstanie]

This also happens to me when only using 1 REPL- it will crash the window, and any subsequent plotting calls just give send: Broken pipe

Is there a way to reset the backend/Plots without restarted the REPL session?

[korsbo]

Related: https://github.com/jheinen/GR.jl/issues/163