I have created a patch to blackbox-0.61.1 that adds the additional window
placement policy "Minimum Overlap Placement".  This option attempts to
place a window in the location that minimizes overlap with other windows,
while giving preference to screen corners and edges.  (This is similar to
the KDE "Smart Placement".)  The patch is available here:
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~pelzlpj/blackbox-0.61.1-minoverlap-0.2.patch.gz

I also hacked together a quick patch that rearranges the titlebar buttons
to be more MacOS-like.  Close is on the left, iconify and maximize are on
the right.  This prevents me from closing windows accidentally. :-)
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~pelzlpj/blackbox-0.61.1-buttonplacement-0.1.patch.gz

Feedback is welcome.  Enjoy,

Paul Pelzl

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