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])