All,
Khisanth asked on #perl (freenode) if anyone knew of an algorithm for placing a variable number of Xterms on a screen with a few constraints:

• Xterms should be as close to the same size as possible
• As much of the screen space should be used as possible
• The Xterms should be as reasonably shaped as possible (it is ok to have a very wide Xterm that isn't as high but a skinny long one is of no practical value)

Obviously the last one is somewhat of personal preference so bonus points to an algorithm that has sane defaults but allows it to be configurable. The assumption is that such an algorithm already exists because of windows managers but it seems like a fun diversion.

My initial idea is below though I only spent about 30 seconds thinking about it.

Can you come up with a good algorithm for this (keeping in mind the bonus)?

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