shortened = TRUE;
/* remove a character from the middle */
text = g_string_erase(text, l-- / 2, 1);
em = ELIPSES_LENGTH(t->font, t->shadow, t->offset);
/* if the elipses are too large, don't show them at all */
shortened = TRUE;
/* remove a character from the middle */
text = g_string_erase(text, l-- / 2, 1);
em = ELIPSES_LENGTH(t->font, t->shadow, t->offset);
/* if the elipses are too large, don't show them at all */