Index: trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/string_util.h
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--- trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/string_util.h	(revision 40)
+++ trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/string_util.h	(revision 41)
@@ -7,28 +7,27 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * trim the space chars on the right of a sring
+ * trim the space (or any substring) chars on the right of a sring
  */
-inline std::string trim_right(const std::string &source , const std::string& t = " ")
+inline std::string trim_right(const std::string &source , const std::string& substr = " ")
 {
 	std::string str = source;
-	return str.erase( str.find_last_not_of(t) + 1);
+	return str.erase( str.find_last_not_of(substr) + 1);
 }
 
 /**
- * trim the space chars on the left of a sring
+ * trim the space chars (or any substring) on the left of a sring
  */
-inline std::string trim_left( const std::string& source, const std::string& t = " ")
+inline std::string trim_left( const std::string& source, const std::string& substr = " ")
 {
 	std::string str = source;
-	return str.erase(0 , source.find_first_not_of(t) );
+	return str.erase(0 , source.find_first_not_of(substr) );
 }
 
 /**
- * trim the space chars on the left and the right of a string
+ * trim the space chars (or any substring) on the left and the right of a string
  */
-inline std::string trim(const std::string& source, const std::string& t = " ")
+inline std::string trim(const std::string& source, const std::string& substr = " ")
 {
-	std::string str = source;
-	return trim_left( trim_right( str , t) , t );
+	return trim_left( trim_right( source , substr) , substr );
 }