Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/text-html-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/text-html-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.27 -r1.28
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/text-html-procs.tcl	7 Nov 2003 13:03:46 -0000	1.27
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/text-html-procs.tcl	7 Nov 2003 17:35:42 -0000	1.28
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@
 #
 #####
 
-ad_proc string_truncate { 
+ad_proc -public string_truncate { 
     {-len 200}
     {-format html}
     {-no_format:boolean}
@@ -1414,6 +1414,9 @@
     HTML tags are closed. Otherwise, it's converted to text using
     ad_html_to_text.
 
+    Should always be called as string_truncate [-flags ...] -- string 
+    since otherwise strings which start with a - will treated as missing arguments.
+
     @param len The lenght to truncate to. Defaults to parameter TruncateDescriptionLength.
     @param format html or text.
     @param no_format causes hyperlink tags not to get listed at the end of the output.