Don't shoot me. I got tired of reading long log lines in an 80-char

wide xterm or emacs window.  So now, when using Python 2.3 or later,
the textwrap module is used to wrap the message line, indenting
subsequent lines past the timestamp.  Details and tracebacks are left
alone.

lib/python/zLOG/MinimalLogger.py

@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@
 # FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 #
 ##############################################################################
-__version__='$Revision: 1.14 $'[11:-2]
+__version__='$Revision: 1.15 $'[11:-2]
 
 import os, sys, time
 
+try:
+    import textwrap
+except ImportError:
+    textwrap = None
+
 from FormatException import format_exception
 
 def severity_string(severity, mapping={
@@ -75,9 +80,13 @@ class stupid_log_write:
     def log(self, subsystem, severity, summary, detail, error):
         if _log_dest is None or severity < _log_level:
             return
-        buf = ["------",
-               "%s %s %s %s" %
-               (log_time(), severity_string(severity), subsystem, summary)]
+        buf = ["------"]
+        line = ("%s %s %s %s" %
+                (log_time(), severity_string(severity), subsystem, summary))
+        if not textwrap or len(line) < 80:
+            buf.append(line)
+        else:
+            buf.extend(textwrap.wrap(line, subsequent_indent=" "*20))
 
         if detail:
             buf.append(str(detail))