How to get a window's height not including the window decoration using xlib

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Published on 2010-05-11T21:24:01Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 21:24 UTC
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I need to get the size of a window not including the window decoration.

According to xlib's documentation XGetGeometry should return the "inside size", not including the border. Unfortunately when using compiz or metacity the height returned by XGetGeometry includes the decoration.

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