gui::dump_heatmap fails in console mode [ERROR GUI-0072] "Placement Density" is not populated with data.

[oharboe]

Describe the bug

untar heatmap.tar.gz

$ ./run-me-gcd-nangate45-base.sh 
OpenROAD v2.0-16283-g843f24def 
Features included (+) or not (-): +Charts +GPU +GUI +Python
This program is licensed under the BSD-3 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
Components of this program may be licensed under more restrictive licenses which must be honored.
[ERROR GUI-0072] "Placement Density" is not populated with data.
Error: test.tcl, 4 GUI-0072
openroad> 

If I add "-gui" to ./run-me-gcd-nangate45-base.sh, then it works.

Expected Behavior

Unless there is clearly a reason why a gui:: command shouldn't be used in headless mode, it should work.

Environment

OpenROAD v2.0-16283-g843f24def

To Reproduce

See above

Relevant log output

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Additional Context

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[maliberty]

Still relevant? This seems to have gotten lost

[oharboe]

It is not a priority for me, but it still fails:

$ ./run-me-gcd-nangate45-base.sh 
OpenROAD v2.0-22248-ga7840fc2a6
Features included (+) or not (-): +GPU +GUI +Python
This program is licensed under the BSD-3 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
Components of this program may be licensed under more restrictive licenses which must be honored.
[ERROR GUI-0072] "Placement Density" is not populated with data.
Error: test.tcl, 4 GUI-0072
openroad>