Automatically adjust margins

[Kevin Krammer]

On Monday 31 January 2005 12:17, Fabian Zeindl wrote:
> Hello
>
> I didn't find an apropriate title for that: It's there a standardized
> function for application to resize workspace margins in a window manager?
>
> So when I start an instantmessaging client like psi, i want that the
> workspace margins get adjusted, so that psi can always be open and when
> i maximize another application it doesn't overlap psi

I think that is the purpose of struts:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.html
look for _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL

Cheers,
Kevin