grid.py~

class Pane():
    def __init__(self, x, y, width, height, windows):
        self.x =x
        self.y = y
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
        self.windows = windows
    def reconfigure(self):
        win_num = len(self.windows)
        w = self.width/win_num  
        print w
        h = self.height
        x = self.x
        y = self.y
        for win in self.windows:
            win.configure(x=x, y=y, width=w, height=h, border_width=1)
            if x < self.width:
                x = x + w
            
    
class Grid():
    def __init__(self, root):
        self.windows = []
        self.panes = []
        self.screen = root.get_geometry()
        
    def remove_window(self, window):
        if window in self.windows:
            self.windows.remove(window)
        print self.panes
        self.update_panes()
        
    def insert_window(self, window, pos=0):
        self.windows.insert(0, window)
        self.update_panes()
    
        
    def update_panes(self):
        self.panes =[]
        win_num = len(self.windows)
        print "we have this many windows: ", win_num
        x = 0
        y = 0
        w = self.screen.width
        h = self.screen.height
        
        if win_num == 1:
            pane = Pane(x, y, w, h, self.windows)
            self.panes.append(pane)
      
        elif win_num == 2:
            w = w/2
            for win in self.windows: 
               pane = Pane(x, y, w, h, [win])
               self.panes.append(pane)
               x = x + w
               
               

        elif win_num > 2:
            print "more than 2 windows"
            pane = 0
            for win in self.windows:
                if win == self.windows[0]:
                    h=h - (h/3)
                    print "main pane has y and h:", y, h
                    pane = Pane(x,y, w, h, [win])
                    self.panes.append(pane)
                    y = h
                    h = h/2
                elif len(self.panes) == 1 :
                    pane = Pane(x, y, w, h, [win])
                    self.panes.append(pane)
                else:
                    pane.windows.append(win)
        for pane in self.panes:
            pane.reconfigure()