# HG changeset patch
# User Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
# Date 1641748394 -3600
# Node ID 3b2140303d33a388110c47af69158d08b4700e5f
# Parent  18a9b3c7b63b7ea15138e7a98ddd3ead6f499b88# Parent  12030ead051f95ca3c4ac198d5f18a8b6e5ab0c3
maint: Merge stable to default.

diff -r 18a9b3c7b63b -r 3b2140303d33 etc/NEWS.7.md
--- a/etc/NEWS.7.md	Sun Jan 09 16:57:26 2022 +0100
+++ b/etc/NEWS.7.md	Sun Jan 09 18:13:14 2022 +0100
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@
 key strokes in the Command Window.  Unlike versions prior to Octave 7,
 this preference now also affects the Ctrl-C/V shortcuts for copy/paste.
 
+- In command line mode, i.e. when Octave is started without the --gui option,
+the doc command now opens the GUI documentation browser as a standalone widget,
+provided that Octave was compiled with GUI support.
+
 ### Graphics backend
 
 - Support for Qt4 for both graphics and the GUI has been removed.
diff -r 18a9b3c7b63b -r 3b2140303d33 libgui/module.mk
--- a/libgui/module.mk	Sun Jan 09 16:57:26 2022 +0100
+++ b/libgui/module.mk	Sun Jan 09 18:13:14 2022 +0100
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 ## Increment the following version numbers as needed and according
 ## to the rules in the etc/HACKING.md file:
 
-%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current = 7
+%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current = 8
 %canon_reldir%_liboctgui_revision = 0
-%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_age = 1
+%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_age = 0
 
 %canon_reldir%_liboctgui_version_info = $(%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_revision):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_age)