- r = strjoin("[", t, "]", NULL);
+ if (max_length == 0)
+ r = strjoin("[", t, "]", NULL);
+ else {
+ size_t l;
+
+ l = strlen(t);
+
+ if (l + 3 <= max_length)
+ r = strjoin("[", t, "]", NULL);
+ else if (max_length <= 6) {
+
+ r = new(char, max_length);
+ if (!r)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ memcpy(r, "[...]", max_length-1);
+ r[max_length-1] = 0;
+ } else {
+ char *e;
+
+ t[max_length - 6] = 0;
+
+ /* Chop off final spaces */
+ e = strchr(t, 0);
+ while (e > t && isspace(e[-1]))
+ e--;
+ *e = 0;
+
+ r = strjoin("[", t, "...]", NULL);
+ }
+ }