Comment # 6 on bug 1199879 from Joe S

(In reply to Martin Pluskal from comment #5)
> (In reply to Joe S from comment #4)
> > (In reply to Martin Pluskal from comment #2)
> > > Please check version from
> > > https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/editors/THE if it is what you expect.
> > 
> > Sorry, I missed that an RPM was available to test at that link.
> > 
> > I installed the RPM in a test TW VM and ran /usr/bin/the-x but it does not
> > seem to be running as a native X11 app and does not start it in it's own
> > Window.
> > 
> > Running /usr/bin/the-x from the KDE app launcher does not cause it to
> > display but it is running because it appears in the ps list.  That is the
> > behavior seen if you try to launch the-con from the KDE launcher since there
> > is no konsole window that it was launched from
> > 
> > On The Hessling Editor Website
> > 
> >     http://hessling-editor.sourceforge.net/
> > 
> > It says:
> > 
> >   X11 port of THE With the release of a port of PDCurses for X11, known as 
> >   XCurses THE can now be built as a native X11 application. To build an X11 
> >   version of THE, you need both XCurses and THE source code.
> > 
> > Possibly XCurses is missing causing it to not be build for X11?
> 
> Hmm will explore this more - the issue is that as far as undestand THE
> documentation is sparse and not allways up to date. for example configure of
> THE seems to search for Xaw (x athena widgets), which would indicate X
> support. Xcurses is afaik not something that would be available in openSUSE,
> or be widely adopted at all.

Yeah, I tried a while back to compile it for X11 and regina Rexx and could not
get it to work.

Possibly Mark Hessling could provide some guidance?

I reached out to him years ago about something unrelated and he was pretty good
about getting back to me.