def reserve_space(xid, place):
d = display.Display()
root = d.screen().root
w = d.create_resource_object("window", xid)
atom = d.intern_atom("_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL")
w.change_property(atom, Xatom.STRING, 32, place, X.PropModeAppend)
utils.reserve_space(xid, [0, 60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 767, 0, 0, 0, 0])