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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Utility functions for UI
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Tavmjong Bah
+ *   John Smith
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004, 2013, 2018 Authors
+ * Released under GNU GPL v2+, read the file 'COPYING' for more information.
+ */
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+/*
+ * Ellipse text if longer than maxlen, "50% start text + ... + ~50% end text"
+ * Text should be > length 8 or just return the original text
+ */
+Glib::ustring ink_ellipsize_text(Glib::ustring const &src, size_t maxlen)
+{
+    if (src.length() > maxlen && maxlen > 8) {
+        size_t p1 = (size_t) maxlen / 2;
+        size_t p2 = (size_t) src.length() - (maxlen - p1 - 1);
+        return src.substr(0, p1) + "…" + src.substr(p2);
+    }
+    return src;
+}
+
+/*
+  Local Variables:
+  mode:c++
+  c-file-style:"stroustrup"
+  c-file-offsets:((innamespace . 0)(inline-open . 0)(case-label . +))
+  indent-tabs-mode:nil
+  fill-column:99
+  End:
+*/
+// vim: filetype=cpp:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:fileencoding=utf-8:textwidth=99 :