On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 6:36 AM J.Arun Mani via gtk-list <gtk-list@gnome.org> wrote:
> Hello, > I'm making a Python3 powered project which opens whenever someone opens > their computer (assume Linux-Debain based) and asks them some details. The > user should not be allowed to use the computer without giving the details. > The project is based on GTK3 and is for Debian based OS. I need help in the > following- > How can I make the application modal? That is, make sure that the user > cannot access any thing in desktop without giving the details (the > application is a compulsory one, thus one should not be able to close or > minimise it). > > I researched on this a bit and found the answers leading to Desktop > Managers. But I'm stuck how to start with them using Python. So need some > help here. > > Thank You > J. Arun Mani > The easiest way I can see to do this is to have your computer set up to auto-login ( eg maybe something along the lines of https://askubuntu.com/questions/175248/how-to-autologin-without-entering-username-and-passwordin-text-mode ) ... and then have it start X automatically ... but with a ~/.xinitrc that launches *just* your python app, instead of a window manager. Then if the user has done what's needed, you'd have your app launch a window manager. I'd do it like this because once a window manager is running, you don't have a reliable way of preventing users from escaping your app. Maybe there is a better way? Dan
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