+# takes the same arguments as chop_str, but also wraps a <span> around the
+# result with a title attribute if it does get chopped. Additionally, the
+# string is HTML-escaped.
+sub chop_and_escape_str {
+ my $str = shift;
+ my $len = shift;
+ my $add_len = shift || 10;
+
+ my $chopped = chop_str($str, $len, $add_len);
+ if ($chopped eq $str) {
+ return esc_html($chopped);
+ } else {
+ return qq{<span title="} . esc_html($str) . qq{">} .
+ esc_html($chopped) . qq{</span>};
+ }
+}
+