5 files changed, 34 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/indra/llrender/llfontgl.cpp b/indra/llrender/llfontgl.cpp
index d3497c1c23..1de1d6ded4 100644
--- a/indra/llrender/llfontgl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llrender/llfontgl.cpp
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ F32 LLFontGL::getWidthF32(const llwchar* wchars, S32 begin_offset, S32 max_chars
 }
 
 // Returns the max number of complete characters from text (up to max_chars) that can be drawn in max_pixels
-S32 LLFontGL::maxDrawableChars(const llwchar* wchars, F32 max_pixels, S32 max_chars, BOOL end_on_word_boundary) const
+S32 LLFontGL::maxDrawableChars(const llwchar* wchars, F32 max_pixels, S32 max_chars, EWordWrapStyle end_on_word_boundary) const
 {
 	if (!wchars || !wchars[0] || max_chars == 0)
 	{
@@ -562,9 +562,24 @@ S32 LLFontGL::maxDrawableChars(const llwchar* wchars, F32 max_pixels, S32 max_ch
 		drawn_x = cur_x;
 	}
 
-	if( clip && end_on_word_boundary )
+	if( clip )
 	{
-		i = start_of_last_word;
+		switch (end_on_word_boundary)
+		{
+		case ONLY_WORD_BOUNDARIES:
+			i = start_of_last_word;
+			break;
+		case WORD_BOUNDARY_IF_POSSIBLE:
+			if (start_of_last_word != 0)
+			{
+				i = start_of_last_word;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+		case ANYWHERE:
+			// do nothing
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 	return i;
 }
diff --git a/indra/llrender/llfontgl.h b/indra/llrender/llfontgl.h
index ea8eee7690..dfa4cf8ce5 100644
--- a/indra/llrender/llfontgl.h
+++ b/indra/llrender/llfontgl.h
@@ -122,7 +122,13 @@ public:
 	// The following are called often, frequently with large buffers, so do not use a string interface
 	
 	// Returns the max number of complete characters from text (up to max_chars) that can be drawn in max_pixels
-	S32	maxDrawableChars(const llwchar* wchars, F32 max_pixels, S32 max_chars = S32_MAX, BOOL end_on_word_boundary = FALSE) const;
+	typedef enum e_word_wrap_style
+	{
+		ONLY_WORD_BOUNDARIES,
+		WORD_BOUNDARY_IF_POSSIBLE,
+		ANYWHERE
+	} EWordWrapStyle ;
+	S32	maxDrawableChars(const llwchar* wchars, F32 max_pixels, S32 max_chars = S32_MAX, EWordWrapStyle end_on_word_boundary = ANYWHERE) const;
 
 	// Returns the index of the first complete characters from text that can be drawn in max_pixels
 	// given that the character at start_pos should be the last character (or as close to last as possible).
diff --git a/indra/llui/llconsole.cpp b/indra/llui/llconsole.cpp
index 7248581ec6..f69e935754 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llconsole.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llconsole.cpp
@@ -330,12 +330,7 @@ void LLConsole::Paragraph::updateLines(F32 screen_width, const LLFontGL* font, b
 			skip_chars = 0;
 		}
 
-		U32 drawable = font->maxDrawableChars(mParagraphText.c_str()+paragraph_offset, screen_width, line_end - paragraph_offset, TRUE);
-		if (drawable == 0)
-		{
-			// try again without wrapping on word boundaries
-			drawable = font->maxDrawableChars(mParagraphText.c_str()+paragraph_offset, screen_width, line_end - paragraph_offset, FALSE);
-		}
+		U32 drawable = font->maxDrawableChars(mParagraphText.c_str()+paragraph_offset, screen_width, line_end - paragraph_offset, LLFontGL::WORD_BOUNDARY_IF_POSSIBLE);
 
 		if (drawable != 0)
 		{
diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp b/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp
index 7447a984ac..5ebf49c488 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp
@@ -2509,10 +2509,15 @@ S32	LLNormalTextSegment::getNumChars(S32 num_pixels, S32 segment_offset, S32 lin
 	// set max characters to length of segment, or to first newline
 	max_chars = llmin(max_chars, last_char - (mStart + segment_offset));
 
+	// if no character yet displayed on this line, don't require word wrapping since
+	// we can just move to the next line, otherwise insist on it so we make forward progress
+	LLFontGL::EWordWrapStyle word_wrap_style = (line_offset == 0) 
+		? LLFontGL::WORD_BOUNDARY_IF_POSSIBLE 
+		: LLFontGL::ONLY_WORD_BOUNDARIES;
 	S32 num_chars = mStyle->getFont()->maxDrawableChars(text.c_str() + segment_offset + mStart, 
 												(F32)num_pixels,
 												max_chars, 
-												TRUE);
+												word_wrap_style);
 
 	if (num_chars == 0 
 		&& line_offset == 0 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llhudtext.cpp b/indra/newview/llhudtext.cpp
index b95e5f53e8..08cf86df4a 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llhudtext.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llhudtext.cpp
@@ -606,12 +606,7 @@ void LLHUDText::addLine(const LLWString &wstr, const LLColor4& color, const LLFo
 			U32 line_length = 0;
 			do	
 			{
-				S32 segment_length = mFontp->maxDrawableChars(iter->substr(line_length).c_str(), mUseBubble ? HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH : HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH_NO_BUBBLE, wline.length(), TRUE);
-				if (segment_length == 0)
-				{
-					// try again without wrapping on word boundaries
-					segment_length = mFontp->maxDrawableChars(iter->substr(line_length).c_str(), mUseBubble ? HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH : HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH_NO_BUBBLE, wline.length(), FALSE);
-				}
+				S32 segment_length = mFontp->maxDrawableChars(iter->substr(line_length).c_str(), mUseBubble ? HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH : HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH_NO_BUBBLE, wline.length(), LLFontGL::WORD_BOUNDARY_IF_POSSIBLE);
 				mTextSegments.push_back(LLHUDTextSegment(iter->substr(line_length, segment_length), style, color));
 				line_length += segment_length;
 			}
@@ -647,12 +642,7 @@ void LLHUDText::setLabel(const LLWString &wlabel)
 			U32 line_length = 0;
 			do	
 			{
-				S32 segment_length = mFontp->maxDrawableChars(iter->substr(line_length).c_str(), mUseBubble ? HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH : HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH_NO_BUBBLE, wstr.length(), TRUE);
-				if (segment_length == 0)
-				{
-					// try again without wrapping on word boundaries
-					segment_length = mFontp->maxDrawableChars(iter->substr(line_length).c_str(), mUseBubble ? HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH : HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH_NO_BUBBLE, wstr.length(), FALSE);
-				}
+				S32 segment_length = mFontp->maxDrawableChars(iter->substr(line_length).c_str(), mUseBubble ? HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH : HUD_TEXT_MAX_WIDTH_NO_BUBBLE, wstr.length(), LLFontGL::WORD_BOUNDARY_IF_POSSIBLE);
 				mLabelSegments.push_back(LLHUDTextSegment(iter->substr(line_length, segment_length), LLFontGL::NORMAL, mColor));
 				line_length += segment_length;
 			}