# [PATCH] gitweb: configurable width for the projects list Description column

2 messages from 2007-07-05 to 2007-07-11. Participants: Michael Hendricks, Jakub Narebski.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/8873

## Michael Hendricks, 2007-07-05 00:36

Subject: [PATCH] gitweb: configurable width for the projects list Description column
Message-ID: <11835958082458-git-send-email-michael@ndrix.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/11835958082458-git-send-email-michael%40ndrix.org

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This allows gitweb users to set $projects_list_description_width
in their gitweb.conf to determine how many characters of a project
description are displayed before being truncated with an ellipsis.

Signed-off-by: Michael Hendricks <michael@ndrix.org>
---
 gitweb/gitweb.perl |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index dbfb044..29d058c 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ our $logo_label = "git homepage";
 # source of projects list
 our $projects_list = "++GITWEB_LIST++";
 
+# the width (in characters) of the projects list "Description" column
+our $projects_list_description_width = 25;
+
 # default order of projects list
 # valid values are none, project, descr, owner, and age
 our $default_projects_order = "project";
@@ -3163,7 +3166,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		if (!defined $pr->{'descr'}) {
 			my $descr = git_get_project_description($pr->{'path'}) || "";
 			$pr->{'descr_long'} = to_utf8($descr);
-			$pr->{'descr'} = chop_str($descr, 25, 5);
+			$pr->{'descr'} = chop_str($descr, $projects_list_description_width, 5);
 		}
 		if (!defined $pr->{'owner'}) {
 			$pr->{'owner'} = get_file_owner("$projectroot/$pr->{'path'}") || "";
-- 
1.5.3.rc0.14.gebe8f

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## Jakub Narebski, 2007-07-11 18:28

Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitweb: configurable width for the projects list Description column
Message-ID: <f737fv$nhm$1@sea.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f737fv%24nhm%241%40sea.gmane.org
In-Reply-To: <11835958082458-git-send-email-michael@ndrix.org>

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Michael Hendricks wrote:

> This allows gitweb users to set $projects_list_description_width
> in their gitweb.conf to determine how many characters of a project
> description are displayed before being truncated with an ellipsis.

Ack.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git

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