On 2014-08-08, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> Why should that disable access to everything else? Most full screen
> games let you alt-tab away from them (preferably auto-pausing the
> game). If a game goes system modal on me, I would not be happy.
>
>>
On 2014-08-07, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
> I have one query. I have did some programming which copies and paste
> data using system clipboard. I need to keep one GUI always on top
> till my python code is running.
If you mean keep it on top while it is running, the answer is probably
yes, but how to
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano
>> wrote:
>>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
Yeah; like I said, "Don't" is the short answer. There will be
exceptions, some extremely rare situations when syst
Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> wrote:
>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah; like I said, "Don't" is the short answer. There will be
>>> exceptions, some extremely rare situations when system modality is
>>> correct; but fundamentally, it's impossible to
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> Now I seem to remember this same questioner (??) asking a few months ago
> about:
>
> I have an excel program running for 20 minutes and I want to lock
> the machine or something like that
>
> And you proscribing similarly then :-)
>
> Yeah 'On
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> I dont see anything about preventing access.
That came from his next post, in which he said "So that user cant do
any other operation.".
That's the preventing access bit.
Of course, if "Always On Top" is sufficient, then it's (a) easy, even
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:50 AM, alister
wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:58:56 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>
>>> (for instance, on all my Linux systems, I can hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch
>>> away from the GUI altogether).
>>
>> Does that work when xscreensaver or equivalent has locked the system?
On Friday, August 8, 2014 8:22:47 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > I dont see anything about preventing access.
>
>
> That came from his next post, in which he said "So that user cant do
> any other operation.".
> That's the preventing a
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:58:56 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> (for instance, on all my Linux systems, I can hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch
>> away from the GUI altogether).
>
> Does that work when xscreensaver or equivalent has locked the system? If
> so,
> that's a security vulnerability.
I have n
On Friday, August 8, 2014 8:04:05 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > A windows equivalent for linux's wmctrl seems to be nir
> > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html#using
> >
> > Search for 'settopmost'
>
>
> No need; both of those
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> A windows equivalent for linux's wmctrl seems to be nir
> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html#using
>
> Search for 'settopmost'
No need; both of those are just setting the "always on top" flag,
which wxpython can do directly. It may be u
On Friday, August 8, 2014 7:21:35 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 7, 2014 4:54:09 PM UTC+5:30, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >
> >> I have one query. I have did some programming which copies and paste data
> >>
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Yeah; like I said, "Don't" is the short answer. There will be
>> exceptions, some extremely rare situations when system modality is
>> correct; but fundamentally, it's impossible to use GUI software to
>> control
Steven D'Aprano :
> Does that work when xscreensaver or equivalent has locked the system?
> If so, that's a security vulnerability.
Depends on the semantics of the screensaver. Its scope is the current
X11 session.
In my home, different family members have different VTs. Locking one VT
shouldn't
Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Paul Rudin
> wrote:
>> Chris Angelico writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jaydeep Patil
>>> wrote:
I mean to say, One GUI should be always on top from start to end of
code running. So that user cant do any other operat
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> On Thursday, August 7, 2014 4:54:09 PM UTC+5:30, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
>> Hi all,
>
>> I have one query. I have did some programming which copies and paste data
>> using system clipboard. I need to keep one GUI always on top till my python
>>
On Thursday, August 7, 2014 4:54:09 PM UTC+5:30, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have one query. I have did some programming which copies and paste data
> using system clipboard. I need to keep one GUI always on top till my python
> code is running.
In linux you can do (at shell level)
$ wmc
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Paul Rudin wrote:
> Chris Angelico writes:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jaydeep Patil
>> wrote:
>>> I mean to say, One GUI should be always on top from start to end of code
>>> running.
>>> So that user cant do any other operation.
>>> I am using wxpytho
Chris Angelico writes:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
>> I mean to say, One GUI should be always on top from start to end of code
>> running.
>> So that user cant do any other operation.
>> I am using wxpython
>
> Ah, that would be called "System Modal", and should be re
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
> I mean to say, One GUI should be always on top from start to end of code
> running.
> So that user cant do any other operation.
> I am using wxpython
Ah, that would be called "System Modal", and should be reserved for
absolutely critical sys
Chris,
I mean to say, One GUI should be always on top from start to end of code
running.
So that user cant do any other operation.
I am using wxpython
Regards
Jay
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
> I have one query. I have did some programming which copies and paste data
> using system clipboard. I need to keep one GUI always on top till my python
> code is running.
>
"till" or "while"?
If you mean "while", then yes. But it depends o
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