Re: more precise formulation

k1..k3 are artificial variables.  You can think of them as the "error
factor" -- how far we are from all the columns being the same size.
We want to minimize that so long as we don't break any of the
important rules (like minwidth, maxwidth, etc).

  - a

Tupshin Harper <[email protected]> writes:
> Adam Megacz wrote:
>
>>Once the parent's size has been chosen (ie in the sizing phase), *add*
>>the following equations to the constraint system:
>>
>>  c1 + c2 + c3 + ... = width
>>
>>  k1 = abs(width/n - c1)
>>  k2 = abs(width/n - c2)
>>  k3 = abs(width/n - c3)
>>  ...
>>
>>Where n is the number of columns.  Then solve with the goal of
>>minimizing k1+k2+k3.
>>
>>
> Can you explain the significance of k1..kn here, and how it relates to
> (or doesn't) k as described in section 3.2.3(Placing) of the reference?
>
> -Tupshin
>
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