[MacPorts] #51690: octave @4.0.2: commands "uicontrol & uipanel" are not working - Mac mini o/s 10.11.5

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#51690: octave @4.0.2: commands "uicontrol & uipanel" are not working -  Mac mini
o/s 10.11.5
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  Reporter:  scaetd  |      Owner:  MarcusCalhoun-Lopez
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:  2.3.4
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Port:  octave  |
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Comment (by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez):

 Replying to [comment:3 scaetd]:
 >  He indicates that the problem appears to be...  "the Mac port instead
 of using the usual Qt toolkit (irrespective of what Octave says) co-opt
 native Mac OS gui widgets to provide the same functionality. Unfortunately
 this does not include the uicontrol to custom guis won't show up or work.

 I can reproduce this problem, but I am afraid that I do not know how to
 begin to solve it.[[BR]]
 I have [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?50051 reported the problem
 upstream].[[BR]]
 Do you know the code that "co-opt[s] native Mac OS gui widgets"?

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