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Title: BUG: raise when creating a MacOS FigureManager outside the main thread by ngoldbaum · Pull Request #30697 · matplotlib/matplotlib · GitHub

Open Graph Title: BUG: raise when creating a MacOS FigureManager outside the main thread by ngoldbaum · Pull Request #30697 · matplotlib/matplotlib

X Title: BUG: raise when creating a MacOS FigureManager outside the main thread by ngoldbaum · Pull Request #30697 · matplotlib/matplotlib

Description: Fixes #30666 Currently matplotlib will crash due to an uncaught NSException if a worker thread tries to create a GUI window. Only the main thread can create GUIs in Cocoa. This is documented in the...

Open Graph Description: Fixes #30666 Currently matplotlib will crash due to an uncaught NSException if a worker thread tries to create a GUI window. Only the main thread can create GUIs in Cocoa. This is documented in the...

X Description: Fixes #30666 Currently matplotlib will crash due to an uncaught NSException if a worker thread tries to create a GUI window. Only the main thread can create GUIs in Cocoa. This is documented in the...

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