starting an X11 session from Python

[Philippe C. Martin]

Hi,

Have there been any attempt to do so, and is there any source out there that
could help me get started ?

Regards,

Philippe

[Sybren Stuvel]

Re: starting an X11 session from Python

Philippe C. Martin enlightened us with:[color=blue]
> Have there been any attempt to do so, and is there any source out
> there that could help me get started ?[/color]

What's stopping you from using system(), exec() or the likes to start
"startx", "xinit" or simply "X"?

Sybren
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[Philippe C. Martin]

Re: starting an X11 session from Python

Nothing, but that was not my question.

Regards,

Philippe


Sybren Stuvel wrote:
[color=blue]
> Philippe C. Martin enlightened us with:[color=green]
>> Have there been any attempt to do so, and is there any source out
>> there that could help me get started ?[/color]
>
> What's stopping you from using system(), exec() or the likes to start
> "startx", "xinit" or simply "X"?
>
> Sybren[/color]

[Philippe C. Martin]

Re: starting an X11 session from Python

PS: my goal is to write an equivalent of gdm/kdm/xdm ... in python

Regards,

Philippe


Philippe C. Martin wrote:
[color=blue]
> Nothing, but that was not my question.
>
> Regards,
>
> Philippe
>
>
> Sybren Stuvel wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Philippe C. Martin enlightened us with:[color=darkred]
>>> Have there been any attempt to do so, and is there any source out
>>> there that could help me get started ?[/color]
>>
>> What's stopping you from using system(), exec() or the likes to start
>> "startx", "xinit" or simply "X"?
>>
>> Sybren[/color][/color]

[Richard Townsend]

Re: starting an X11 session from Python

On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:51:40 +0000, Philippe C. Martin wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Have there been any attempt to do so, and is there any source out there that
> could help me get started ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Philippe[/color]

Have you tried:

http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-xlib

--
Richard

[Philippe C. Martin]

Re: starting an X11 session from Python

Thanks I will look, I intend to use tkinter for the display as it is
built-in though.

Regards,

Philippe



Richard Townsend wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:51:40 +0000, Philippe C. Martin wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have there been any attempt to do so, and is there any source out there
>> that could help me get started ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Philippe[/color]
>
> Have you tried:
> http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-xlib
>[/color]