[BUG] GR always renders inline on Kitty terminal

[dylanbmorgan]

Details

When using the GR backend in Kitty terminal, GR plots always render inline with gui() or with just Plot{Plots.GRBackend() n=4} with display(<plot name>), even when setting display_type=:gui

Backends

This bug occurs on

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

Versions

Plots.jl version: 1.40.17
Backend version (]st -m <backend(s)>): GR v0.73.17
Output of versioninfo():

Julia Version 1.11.6
Commit 9615af0f269 (2025-07-09 12:58 UTC)
Build Info:
Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin24.0.0)
CPU: 10 × Apple M1 Pro
WORD_SIZE: 64
LLVM: libLLVM-16.0.6 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
Threads: 6 default, 1 interactive, 3 GC (on 8 virtual cores)
Environment:
JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 6,1