Index: Splash.java
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RCS file: /cvs/core/startup/src/org/netbeans/core/startup/Splash.java,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -u -r1.6 Splash.java
--- Splash.java	22 Nov 2005 12:50:49 -0000	1.6
+++ Splash.java	6 Jan 2006 04:26:20 -0000
@@ -386,6 +386,22 @@
                         newText = newString;
                         
                 }
+
+                // per char based
+                if (newText == null) {
+                    this.text = "";
+                    newString = "";
+                    newText ="";
+                    for (int i=0;i<text.length();i++) {
+                        newString += text.charAt(i);
+                        if (fm.stringWidth(newString + "...") > view.width) { // NOI18N
+                            this.text = newText + "..."; // NOI18N
+                            break;
+                        } else {
+                            newText = newString;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             } else
                 this.text = text;
         }