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title: CommonQt
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[CommonQt][commonqt] is a binding to the [Qt GUI library][qt] built using [Smoke][smoke].

[commonqt]: http://common-lisp.net/project/commonqt/
[qt]: http://qt-project.org/
[smoke]: https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Smoke

# Libraries

A list of libraries using CommonQt or building upon it:

[Qtools](https://github.com/Shinmera/qtools)
: A collection of utilities for building CommonQt applications.

# Building

CommonQt uses Smoke, so that needs to be installed for it to be built.

## Arch Linux

If you're on Arch, you can install Smoke by installing the
`kdebindings-smokegen`, `kdebindings-smokekde` and `kdebindings-smokeqt`
packages:

~~~
$[ eudoxia@laptop ] ~
$> sudo pacman -S kdebindings-smokegen kdebindings-smokekde kdebindings-smokeqt
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (5): qimageblitz-0.0.6-4  qscintilla-2.8.4-3
              kdebindings-smokegen-4.14.3-1  kdebindings-smokekde-4.14.3-1
              kdebindings-smokeqt-4.14.3-1

Total Download Size:    5.58 MiB
Total Installed Size:   34.66 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages ...
 kdebindings-smokege...   348.4 KiB   576K/s 00:01 [##########################] 100%
 qimageblitz-0.0.6-4...    81.7 KiB   256K/s 00:00 [##########################] 100%
 qscintilla-2.8.4-3-...  1043.2 KiB   529K/s 00:02 [##########################] 100%
 kdebindings-smokeqt...     2.8 MiB   327K/s 00:09 [##########################] 100%
 kdebindings-smokekd...  1679.6 KiB   418K/s 00:04 [##########################] 100%
(5/5) checking keys in keyring                     [##########################] 100%
(5/5) checking package integrity                   [##########################] 100%
(5/5) loading package files                        [##########################] 100%
(5/5) checking for file conflicts                  [##########################] 100%
(5/5) checking available disk space                [##########################] 100%
(1/5) installing kdebindings-smokegen              [##########################] 100%
(2/5) installing qimageblitz                       [##########################] 100%
(3/5) installing qscintilla                        [##########################] 100%
(4/5) installing kdebindings-smokeqt               [##########################] 100%
(5/5) installing kdebindings-smokekde              [##########################] 100%
Optional dependencies for kdebindings-smokekde
    kdesdk-kate: Kate bindings [installed]
    kdegraphics-okular: Okular bindings
    kdepimlibs: akonadi bindings
$[ eudoxia@laptop ] ~
$>
~~~

# Users

* [Parasol](https://github.com/Shinmera/parasol)