Comment # 5 on bug 1199879 from Martin Pluskal

(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.