From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2007-11-21T22:55:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby kiosk client suggestions.

On Nov 20, 1:28 pm, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>    I'm writing an Open Source Internet-Cafe style kiosk system for
> public libraries in Ruby. I'm trying to find a gui toolkit that will fit
> my needs, and hours of googling have given me little incite. Here is
> what it needs to do.
>
> 1) Display a login screen for username/password. This screen needs to
> take over the entire desktop, and not allow task switching or anything
> of the like.
> ...
> Part 1 is what I can't figure out. At first, I was going to use Tk, but
> I can't find a way to do it in Tk. Then I was going to use Qt, but I've
> found I will have many problems getting a ruby/qt application to run on
> windows. Now I'm thinking of using Ruby/GTK2.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. In particular, code to implement
> part 1 would be wonderful.

Make sure it handles <ctrl><alt><del> on Windows,
<ctrl><alt><backspace> on Linux, etc.