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FEniCS on Mac OS X 10.11 plot problems

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Hello,

I have been trying to install FEniCS 1.6.0 on a laptop running Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) both using the binary provided and the from-source installation.

In both cases, I have the following problem:
when trying to plot anything, I get the warnings

*** WARNING: Method userSpaceScaleFactor in class NSView is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications. Use convertRectToBacking: instead.   
*** WARNING: Method userSpaceScaleFactor in class NSWindow is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications. Use convertRectToBacking: instead.

The plot gets shown, but it's in the background and no matter what I do I cannot seem to be able to bring it in the foreground unless I minimize all the other windows/applications I have opened.
Even if I do that, I cannot put focus on it (so for example I cannot move it around, rotate it, toggle the mesh and so on)

This happens both on python and on C++.

Thanks for your time, I hope you can point me to a solution

Mattia

closed with the note: Use fenics-support@googlegroups.com for installation questions.
asked Jan 3, 2016 by mattia_ FEniCS Novice (270 points)
closed Jan 19, 2016 by Garth N. Wells
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