[openbox] Question about the dock and windows placement

[Miguel Bazdresch]

* Yoann Aubineau <yoann at yaubi.com> [2004-05-11 12:28]:
> Miguel Bazdresch a dit :
> > The problem now, of course, is that all apps maximize over the dock. I
> > started to study the sources planning to add an action code-named
> > "MaximizeButNotOverDock" but it will take time.
> 
> Hello Miguel and everyone,
> 
>   A few months ago I used XFWM4, XFCE4's windows manager. I fell in love
> with a feature which allowed me to set margins all around the screen.
> When a window is maximized, such margins are kept free. The same occurs
> when a window is automatically moved to one edge of the screen. I used
> this feature to keep my panel (rox-panel actually) uncovered and also
> because I think it "lighten" the screen when maximized windows don't
> touch any edge.

Indeed your patch is a lot nicer solution than my ugly shell script. I
like the idea of having margins.

What would make my day is if I could set margins that restrict the
maximize function but don't restrict placing of windows with, for
instance, wmctrl. That is, if moving a window to 0,0 would actually
place the window at physical 0,0.

I'll try out your patch later to see if it does what I want.

BTW, the "fullscreen" doesn't really help me, because I want the ability
to place stuff over the dock.

Thanks,

-- 
Miguel Bazdresch
http://thewizardstower.org/