Markus Mützel

Octave uses Qt functions to query the systems locale (`QLocale::system()`). That is passed to `QTranslator::load` to load the translation file for its GUI. ISTR that I read somewhere that the...

> I could see adding some additional stuff like this to Octave.app to make it behave nicer as a Mac app, but I definitely do not have the resources to...

In case, I wasn't clear before wrt the second question: Does the interface language change if you select a different language in Octave's preferences dialog and restart Octave? 

> Code built against Octave needs to be linked against the exact installation location of Octave (unlike Matlab MEX files, which are portable in that regard). I came across this...

I pushed your change to upstream Octave here: https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/b4cb9d04f3cf I'm not sure how "-bundle_loader" on macOS works though. Does it point to a binary that provides the symbols only at...

AFAICT, the Windows installer doesn't ship these files. It's up to the user to get them from "somewhere".

> Is it possible to call a private function in bist? That's [bug #38776](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?38776).

Re licensing: IIUC, the GCC Runtime Library Exception allows linking the runtime (including statically) to non-GPLed code: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html

> Do you know if there is a way to link to the *.dll.a similar to a *.lib file? The `.dll.a` file extension is often used by mingw toolchains on...

Thanks for clarifying. Have you tested if you can link the (mingw) highs library with your (msvc) project? It *might* work. (But no guarantees it will.) IIUC, your feature request...