Hi, I asked that question a while back ... and then gave up:
I want to write a simple display manager (*nix / X11) in Python. I'm going through lots of documentation as well as the code of XDM. 1) I currently understand that the "X11 Intrinsics" are what I need to master in order to get there. 2) Also, it seems that The Python app needs to adjust to X11 callbacks ... although I will use TKinter or another Framework to actually do the drawing. I feel at this stage that what I miss is: assuming I manage to get a python-based dialog box started automatically from init.rc (instead of xdm, gdm, ...): how do I start an X11 session with the user/pw information retrieved ... + set the correct *nix environment variables. Can you direct me some info / give me a clue ? Many thanks, hg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
