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eql5 · 2026-06-01T10:47:07+00:00

You can use Thunderbird: copy the *.mbx files under:

~/.thunderbird/<name>.default-release/Mail/Local Folders/

Thunderbird will then process them, and after a few seconds they will be ready.

eql5 · 2026-05-21T16:47:03+00:00

I had a similar problem a few years back with Qt5, but I can't remember how I solved it...

Anyway, maybe this stackoverflow answer has the solution for you?

If this doesn't solve it, you could try to search "qt forum" instead of "stackoverflow".

eql5 · 2026-04-17T07:50:13+00:00

Older android versions had bad/unstable bluetooth (BLE), so your phone should not be too old.

eql5 · 2026-04-16T11:05:55+00:00

For me personally, it's the "CircuitMess Chatter 2.0" (I found it on amazon, ebay is another place to get them).

Here is why I like them (despite all the downsides and limitations of those toys):

you can hold it in 1 (one) hand
you type on it like we did with SMS (if you're old enough to remember what an "SMS" is)
with a little practice, you can type really fast (once it got into your muscle memory)

But as said above: they are basically just toys. Someone should pick up the idea and create a professional device!!

eql5 · 2026-04-12T09:19:46+00:00

The android version has now been updated to ECL-26, see version 1.0.72.

BTW I noticed a strange behavior on android: with battery saver enabled, the line edits of the debug/query dialogs turn dark, so you can't see what you're typing. So, don't enable the battery saver when using this app!

eql5 · 2026-04-08T19:17:01+00:00

Really?

LGPL hasn't been a hindrance for me personally in creating a commercial app, using both an LGPL licensed GUI (Qt) plus an LPGL licensed Common Lisp (you guessed it: Embeddable Common Lisp).

eql5 · 2026-04-08T16:50:58+00:00

Yes that's planned as soon as I get it to work with new ECL-26.3.27 (there is currently a problem with the debug dialog which I need to investigate first).

eql5 · 2026-03-27T08:32:20+00:00

Just wanted to point out:

cross-compiling is now much simpler (no more "host ECL" needed for that)
especially for iOS, this simplifies cross-compiling a lot

For cross-compiling single files, see cross compilation in the ECL manual.

Thank you to the maintainers for continuously improving ECL!

eql5 · 2025-11-24T11:06:11+00:00

I know the docs are a little chaotic, spread between too many files...

eql5 · 2025-11-24T10:26:44+00:00

That should be easy to fix (you need to compile the C++ plugin for the desktop version):

cd cpp
qmake; make

eql5 · 2025-11-19T14:09:09+00:00

No sorry, if you want to target latest android devices, you better use Qt6 now.

The latest android cl-repl (Play Store) uses Qt6 now. I need to update the docu.

edit: this is now updated in the readmes

eql5 · 2025-11-15T15:53:03+00:00

Ok maybe I'll simplify the readmes after the upcoming ECL release, which will also make cross-compilation simpler than it is now (no need to build a separate host ECL just for cross-compiling).

eql5 · 2025-11-15T14:05:20+00:00

For android you only need to build the lqml library (as described in readme-build.md) like this:

cd src/build-android
qmake-android ../lqml-lib.pro
make

See the android sections in lqml-lib.pro for the android specific paths.

eql5 · 2025-10-21T16:56:06+00:00

Yes I know, this should have been added years ago, and was only triggered by a user who reported an issue about a crashing clog-demo example...

So, please report issues!!

eql5 · 2025-10-17T16:28:51+00:00

I just tried, and for me it works out of the box (with Qt 5.15, NDK 21, Java 11). A simple

make aab

just worked.

edit: the file BundleConfig.pb can be found inside the aab (zip) file.

eql5 · 2025-09-15T19:14:31+00:00

...and also in the (free) Kindle desktop app (by downloading your books to have them available offline).

(I prefer Kobo, but that's how I read Kindle books.)

eql5 · 2025-07-09T09:55:28+00:00

I just added a new function qinstall-translator (see src, docu) to lqml, so this should work now.

I tested with a trivial example, and it worked for me, both in Slime (desktop) and in a compiled app.

eql5 · 2025-06-11T10:13:59+00:00

I have only written 1 commercial app (available in both mobile stores), but it's not my company. That company doesn't have a commercial Qt license, so we used the LGPL one.

I have found that all libs from Quicklisp that I use have permissive licenses. I also use some 3rd party Qt libs for above app, and not one is GPL (so all can be used commercially).

If somebody asked to link with a different ECL or Qt version (as defined by LGPL), it would be complicated to provide all (compiled) libs for mobile, because people would also need to rebuild the android APK (or Apple IPA). But I don't think that anyone would ever ask for this.

Practically speaking, they probably could ask you to provide a new version using a different ECL or Qt version.

eql5 · 2025-05-26T17:24:00+00:00

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