Starting the UI tools
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The UI tools start automatically where possible:
• On Windows, the tools start when the Factor executable is run.
• On X11, the tools start if the DISPLAY environment variable is set.
• On macOS, the tools start if the Factor.app application bundle is run.

In all cases, passing the -run=listener command line switch starts the terminal listener instead. The UI can be started from the terminal by issuing the following command:
USE: threads [ "ui.tools" run ] in-thread