% truncate.sty  ver 2.0   Donald Arseneau
% Truncate text to a specified width.  If text must be cut, then a
% sontinuation marker is shown at the end (the default is "\,\dots").
%
%       \truncate {width}{text}
% or
%       \truncate [marker]{width}{text}
%
% The text (whether truncated or not) is printed flush-left in a box 
% with exactly the width specified.
% The text will not normally be truncated in the middle of a word, nor 
% at a space specified by the tie "~".  For example:
% "\truncate{122pt}{This text has been~truncated}" -->
% "This text has...      "
%
% You can give the package option "hyphenate" or "breakwords" 
% ("\usepackage[breakwords]{truncate}") to allow breaking in the middle 
% of words (but only at hyphenation points).  The difference is that 
% "breakwords" suppresses the hyphen character.  For example:
% "\truncate{122pt}{This text has been~truncated}" -->
% "This text has been trun... " (breakwords)
% "This text has been trun-..." (hyphenate)

\ProvidesPackage{truncate}[1996/03/18 \space ver 2.0]
\DeclareOption{breakwords}{
   \def\@TruncHyph{\hyphenpenalty10 
   \hyphenchar\font \ifx\@TruncEnc\f@encoding 23\else 223\fi\relax}
   \def\@TruncEnc{T1}
}
\DeclareOption{hyphenate}{% takes precedence over breakwords
   \def\@TruncHyph{\hyphenpenalty10 }
}
\def\@TruncHyph{\hyphenpenalty\@M}
\ProcessOptions

\newcommand{\truncate}[3][\,\dots]{%% #1=continuation marker #2=width #3=text
  \parbox[b]{#2}{\setbox\z@\vbox\bgroup
    \settowidth\rightskip{#1}%
    \parfillskip-\@ne\rightskip \@plus\@ne fil 
    \advance\rightskip\z@\@plus\@ne\rightskip
    \parshape \tw@ \z@\hsize \z@\maxdimen \linepenalty60
    \noindent\vadjust{\penalty-\@MM}%
    {\ignorespaces#3 \@TruncHyph\@\par}%
    \expandafter\egroup
   \ifnum\prevgraf>\@ne 
     \vbadness\maxdimen \vfuzz\baselineskip
     \setbox\@tempboxa\vsplit\z@ to\z@ \unvbox\@tempboxa
     \unpenalty
     \setbox\z@\lastbox
     \nointerlineskip\hbox to\hsize{\unhbox\z@\unskip#1\hfil}%
   \else 
     \box\z@
   \fi}}