Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plotmodel.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plotmodel.py	(revision 15489)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plotmodel.py	(revision 15490)
@@ -51,4 +51,5 @@
 		#Create figure
 		#plots will be visible by default if ipython is run in interactive mode (invoked by ipython --pylab)
+		#UNLESS plotmodel is called within a script (e.g. a runme.py file) 
 		#handling the 'visible' option will need some check on whether ipython is currently in interactive or non-interactive mode
 
@@ -65,4 +66,5 @@
 		#except StandardError:
 		#	print 'error in plot_manager'
+		p.show()
 	else:
 		raise StandardError('plotmodel error message: no output data found.')