--- root-tail.c.old	2004-07-30 21:33:20.000000000 +0200
+++ root-tail.c	2006-12-03 14:24:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 /* some italic fonts still go over the margin - this margin of error cleans up the mess */
 #define MARGIN_OF_ERROR 2
 
+#define ATOM(a) XInternAtom(disp, #a, False) 
+
 /* data structures */
 struct logfile_entry
 {
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ Display *disp;
 Window root;
 GC WinGC;
 
+int workarea[4];
+
 #if HAS_REGEX
 struct re_list
 {
@@ -282,12 +286,85 @@ find_root_window (Display *display, int 
 }
 #endif /* USE_TOON_GET_ROOT_WINDOW */
 
+
+static void update_workarea()
+{
+        int screen = DefaultScreen(disp);
+        Window root = RootWindow(disp, screen);
+        unsigned long nitems, bytes;
+        unsigned char *buf = NULL;
+        Atom type;                
+        int format;               
+	/* default work area is display */
+
+        workarea[0] = 0;
+        workarea[1] = 0;
+        workarea[2] = DisplayWidth(disp, screen);
+        workarea[3] = DisplayHeight(disp, screen);
+                                     
+        /* get current desktop */    
+        if (XGetWindowProperty(disp, root, ATOM(_NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP),
+                               0, 1, False, XA_CARDINAL, &type, &format,
+                               &nitems, &bytes, &buf) == Success
+            && type == XA_CARDINAL && nitems > 0) {
+
+                //Currently unused
+                /*  long desktop = * (long *) buf; */
+
+                XFree(buf);
+                buf = 0;
+
+        }
+         
+        if (buf) {
+                XFree(buf);
+                buf = 0;
+        }
+}
+
+static Window find_subwindow(Window win, int w, int h)
+{
+        unsigned int i, j;
+        Window troot, parent, *children;
+        unsigned int n;
+
+        /* search subwindows with same size as display or work area */
+
+        for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                XQueryTree(disp, win, &troot, &parent, &children, &n);
+
+                for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {           
+                        XWindowAttributes attrs;
+
+                        if (XGetWindowAttributes
+                            (disp, children[j], &attrs)) {
+                                /* Window must be mapped and same size as display or work space */
+                                if (attrs.map_state != 0 &&
+                                    ((attrs.width == DisplayWidth(disp, DefaultScreen(disp))
+                                      && attrs.height == DisplayHeight(disp, DefaultScreen(disp)))
+                                     || (attrs.width == w
+                                         && attrs.height == h))) {
+                                        win = children[j];
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+                 
+                XFree(children);
+                if (j == n)
+                        break;
+        }
+
+        return win;
+}
+
 void
 InitWindow (void)
 {
   XGCValues gcv;
   unsigned long gcm;
   int screen, ScreenWidth, ScreenHeight;
+  Window win;
   struct logfile_entry *e;
 
   if (!(disp = XOpenDisplay (dispname)))
@@ -302,6 +379,14 @@ InitWindow (void)
 
   find_root_window (disp, screen);
 
+  /* get subwindows from root */
+  win = find_subwindow(root, -1, -1);
+
+  update_workarea();
+
+  win = find_subwindow(win, workarea[2], workarea[3]);
+
+  root=win;
   gcm = GCBackground;
   gcv.graphics_exposures = True;
   WinGC = XCreateGC (disp, root, gcm, &gcv);