From 563b52bab76871707311bf815db0fde16244792a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Reese <jreese@leetcode.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:46:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added message_length option

---
 README.md  |  6 ++++++
 notifo.cpp | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 703c8ab..2e755b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ Configuration
 
 ### Notifications
 
+*   `message_length = 100`
+
+    Maximum length of the notification message to be sent.  The message will be nicely
+    truncated and ellipsized at or before this length is reached.  A value of 0 (zero) will
+    disable this option.
+
 *   `message_url = ""`
 
     URI that will be sent with the notification to Notifo.  This could be a web address or a
diff --git a/notifo.cpp b/notifo.cpp
index e670ce5..75f272e 100644
--- a/notifo.cpp
+++ b/notifo.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class CNotifoMod : public CModule
 			options["client_count_less_than"] = "0";
 
 			// Notification settings
+			options["message_length"] = "100";
 			options["message_uri"] = "";
 		}
 		virtual ~CNotifoMod() {}
@@ -113,9 +114,17 @@ class CNotifoMod : public CModule
 		 */
 		void send_message(const CString& message, const CString& title="New Message")
 		{
+			// Shorten message if needed
+			unsigned int message_length = options["message_length"].ToUInt();
+			CString short_message = message;
+			if (message_length > 0)
+			{
+				short_message = message.Ellipsize(message_length);
+			}
+
 			// POST body parameters for the request
 			CString post = "to=" + urlencode(options["username"]);
-			post += "&msg=" + urlencode(message);
+			post += "&msg=" + urlencode(short_message);
 			post += "&label=" + urlencode(app);
 			post += "&title=" + urlencode(title);
 			post += "&uri=" + urlencode(options["message_uri"]);