# HG changeset patch
# User Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
# Date 1701679765 -3600
# Node ID 2fbfc4490921b9aff1443418e1b120fb8a6c5b8a
# Parent  42bb4309270260453608c9cb99f5fd302e93994e# Parent  c823e7c9772b890e38e2268edf0bc6c0d5f14497
maint: Merge stable to default.

diff -r 42bb43092702 -r 2fbfc4490921 etc/NEWS.9.md
--- a/etc/NEWS.9.md	Sun Dec 03 12:22:56 2023 +0100
+++ b/etc/NEWS.9.md	Mon Dec 04 09:49:25 2023 +0100
@@ -51,21 +51,27 @@
 
 ### Graphical User Interface
 
+- The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of Octave is now compatible with Qt6.  Qt6
+  is selected by default if the necessary Qt modules are detected and the used
+  compiler is compatible.  Support for building with Qt5 is still available but
+  might be removed in a future version of Octave.  Qt5 is used if configuring
+  with `--with-qt=5` or as a fallback by default if Qt6 cannot be used.
+
 ### Graphics backend
 
-* The FLTK backend is not maintained and its use is discouraged.  The
+- The FLTK backend is not maintained and its use is discouraged.  The
   recommended backend is qt.  Enabling the fltk backend with `graphics_toolkit
   fltk` now emits a warning.
 
-* The `set` function now accepts any combination of name/value pairs, cell
+- The `set` function now accepts any combination of name/value pairs, cell
   array of names / cell array of values, or property structures.  This change
   is Matlab compatible.
 
-* When the `hold` function is used without arguments to toggle the current
+- When the `hold` function is used without arguments to toggle the current
   state, the resulting value is now displayed in the Command Window for
   informational purposes.
 
-* The axes graphics property "TickDir" now accepts the option "none", which
+- The axes graphics property "TickDir" now accepts the option "none", which
   will not draw tick marks but will still draw tick labels.
 
 ### Matlab compatibility