Limit lines length for IRC

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bladictionary.py b/bladictionary.py
index 5d7f0bf..f7fcaec 100755
--- a/bladictionary.py
+++ b/bladictionary.py
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ def main():
 	if word_dict == "oed":
 		items = parse_oed(word)
 	else:
+		if word_dict == "" or word_dict is None:
+			word_dict = "wn"
 		xml = get_xml(word, word_dict)
 
 		if xml is None:
@@ -214,21 +216,24 @@ def main():
 
 		items = parse_xml(xml)
 
-	num_printed = 0
+	line_length = 0
 	num_more = 0
 	suppress_print = False
 
 	for item in items:
 
-		if num_printed == 3:
-			suppress_print = True
-
 		if word_type is "" or word_type == item.word_type:
 			if suppress_print:
 				num_more+=1
 			else:
-				print item.word_type + " " + item.id + ": " + item.definition,
-				num_printed+=1
+				definition = item.word_type + " " + item.id + ": " + item.definition
+				if line_length + len(definition) > 455:
+					suppress_print = True
+					num_more+= 1
+				else:
+					print definition,
+
+				line_length += len(definition)
 	
 	if suppress_print:
 		print "(" + str(num_more) + " more)"