Index: kdecore/kstringhandler.cpp
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RCS file: /home/kde/kdelibs/kdecore/kstringhandler.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -r1.35 kstringhandler.cpp
--- kdecore/kstringhandler.cpp	29 Jan 2004 11:35:14 -0000	1.35
+++ kdecore/kstringhandler.cpp	31 Jan 2004 01:49:31 -0000
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@
     return s;
   }
 
-  const unsigned int maxWidth = width - fm.width( '.' ) * 3;
+  const unsigned int maxWidth = width > (uint) fm.width( '.') * 3 
+			      ? width - (uint) fm.width( '.' ) * 3
+			      : width;
   if ( maxWidth <= 0 ) {
     return "...";
   }
@@ -328,11 +330,11 @@
   unsigned int leftIdx = 0, rightIdx = length;
   unsigned int leftWidth = fm.charWidth( s, leftIdx++ );
   unsigned int rightWidth = fm.charWidth( s, --rightIdx );
-  while ( leftWidth + rightWidth < maxWidth ) {
-    while ( leftWidth <= rightWidth && leftWidth + rightWidth < maxWidth ) {
+  while ( leftWidth + rightWidth < maxWidth && leftIdx < length && rightIdx > 0 ) {
+    while ( leftWidth <= rightWidth && leftWidth + rightWidth < maxWidth && leftIdx < length ) {
       leftWidth += fm.charWidth( s, leftIdx++ );
     }
-    while ( rightWidth <= leftWidth && leftWidth + rightWidth < maxWidth ) {
+    while ( rightWidth <= leftWidth && leftWidth + rightWidth < maxWidth && rightIdx > 0 ) {
       rightWidth += fm.charWidth( s, --rightIdx );
     }
   }