from i3 User’s Guide: > Regardless of which application you use to display the status line, you want > to make sure that it registers as a dock window using EWMH hints. i3 will > position the window either at the top or at the bottom of the screen, > depending on which hint the application sets.
Can you please elaborate, which hints need to be set? Can they be set in something like devilspie? I feel it will remain a relevant question for quite some time. Even dzen2's stable release currently can't set them on its own, so panel overlaps windows or other content.
