configuration options for text limits

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@@ -967,6 +967,9 @@ shorturllength: Length of URL at which URLs in a message exceeding 140
 dupelimit: minimum time allowed for one person to say the same thing
            twice. Default 60s. Anything lower is considered a user
            or UI error.
+textlimit: default max size for texts in the site. Defaults to 140,
+           null means no limit. Can be fine-tuned for notices, messages,
+           profile bios and group descriptions.
 
 db
 --
@@ -1269,6 +1272,8 @@ banned: an array of usernames and/or profile IDs of 'banned' profiles.
         The site will reject any notices by these users -- they will
         not be accepted at all. (Compare with blacklisted users above,
         whose posts just won't show up in the public stream.)
+biolimit: max character length of bio; null means to use the site
+          text limit default.
 
 newuser
 -------
@@ -1365,6 +1370,8 @@ Options for group functionality.
 
 maxaliases: maximum number of aliases a group can have. Default 3. Set
             to 0 or less to prevent aliases in a group.
+desclimit: maximum number of characters to allow in group descriptions.
+           null (default) means to use the site-wide text limits.
 
 oohembed
 --------
@@ -1443,6 +1450,22 @@ linkcolor: Hex color of all links.
 backgroundimage: Image to use for the background.
 disposition: Flags for whether or not to tile the background image.
 
+notice
+------
+
+Configuration options specific to notices.
+
+contentlimit: max length of the plain-text content of a notice.
+              Default is null, meaning to use the site-wide text limit.
+
+message
+-------
+
+Configuration options specific to messages.
+
+contentlimit: max length of the plain-text content of a message.
+              Default is null, meaning to use the site-wide text limit.
+
 Plugins
 =======
 

lib/common.php

@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ $config =
               'ssl' => 'never',
               'sslserver' => null,
               'shorturllength' => 30,
-              'dupelimit' => 60), # default for same person saying the same thing
+              'dupelimit' => 60, # default for same person saying the same thing
+              'textlimit' => 140,
+              ),
         'syslog' =>
         array('appname' => 'laconica', # for syslog
               'priority' => 'debug', # XXX: currently ignored
@@ -137,7 +139,8 @@ $config =
         array('blacklist' => array(),
               'featured' => array()),
         'profile' =>
-        array('banned' => array()),
+        array('banned' => array(),
+              'biolimit' => null),
         'avatar' =>
         array('server' => null,
               'dir' => INSTALLDIR . '/avatar/',
@@ -246,7 +249,8 @@ $config =
         'filecommand' => '/usr/bin/file',
         ),
         'group' =>
-        array('maxaliases' => 3),
+        array('maxaliases' => 3,
+              'desclimit' => null),
         'oohembed' => array('endpoint' => 'http://oohembed.com/oohembed/'),
         'search' =>
         array('type' => 'fulltext'),
@@ -261,6 +265,10 @@ $config =
               'linkcolor' => null,
               'backgroundimage' => null,
               'disposition' => null),
+        'notice' =>
+        array('contentlimit' => null),
+        'message' =>
+        array('contentlimit' => null),
         );
 
 $config['db'] = &PEAR::getStaticProperty('DB_DataObject','options');