Smart window placement not so smart

[Jürgen Kreileder]

Binary package hint: compiz

Smart window placement (ccsm -> Place Windows -> Placement Mode: Smart) insists on leaving an empty space of 16 pixels on the right side of the screen.

I'll attach two schemata explaining the problem: Both show one big already opened window which just leaves enough space for an xterm window to right of it. Metacity manages to place a new xterm in the free space. Compiz doesn't: It tries to keep the rightmost 16 pixels of the desktop free.

I can only reproduce this problem on the right side of the screen. When the free space is on the top, left, or bottom, then smart placement works fine.

[Jürgen Kreileder (jk)]

Metacity manages to place the new window in the empty space.

[Jürgen Kreileder (jk)]

gtk-window-decorator doesn't manage to place the window in the empty space although it would fit there. It always tries to keep the rightmost 16px of the desktop free.

[Jürgen Kreileder (jk)]

Here's a trivial fix.