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doc: FAQ: fix/improve size_hints_honor section (#1740)

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### How to remove gaps between windows?
You can add `size_hints_honor = false` to the `properties` section in your
`awful.rules.rules` table in your `rc.lua'. It will match and apply this rule to
all clients.
`awful.rules.rules` table in your `rc.lua`. It will match and apply this rule
to all clients.
If you want to know what are size hints it has been debated many times on the
mailing list, so you can read the explanation:
[http://www.mail-archive.com/awesome@naquadah.org/msg01767.html](http://www.mail-archive.com/awesome@naquadah.org/msg01767.html)
See [the mailing list archive](http://www.mail-archive.com/awesome@naquadah.org/msg01767.html)
for more info about what size hints are.
This might cause flickering with some non-ICCCM conforming applications (e.g.
Lilyterm) which try to override the size that the window manager assigned them.