//$('textarea id/class').textlimit('counter id/class', # of text);
jQuery.fn.textlimit=function(counter_el, thelimit, speed) {
	var charDelSpeed = speed || 15;
	var toggleCharDel = speed != -1;
	var toggleTrim = true;
	
	var that = this[0];
	updateCounter();
	
	function updateCounter(){
		jQuery(counter_el).text(thelimit - that.value.length);
	};
	
	this.keypress (function(e){ if( this.value.length >= thelimit && e.charCode != '0' ) e.preventDefault() })
	.keyup (function(e){
		updateCounter();
		if( this.value.length >= thelimit && toggleTrim ){
			if(toggleCharDel){
				// first, trim the text a bit so the char trimming won't take forever
				that.value = that.value.substr(0,thelimit+100);
				var init = setInterval
					( 
						function(){ 
							if( that.value.length <= thelimit){ init = clearInterval(init); updateCounter() }
							else{ that.value = that.value.substring(0,that.value.length-1); jQuery(counter_el).text('trimming...  '+(thelimit - that.value.length)); };
						} ,charDelSpeed 
					);
			}
			else this.value = that.value.substr(0,thelimit);
		}
	});
	
};

// cross browser copy-to-clipboard
function copy(inElement) {
	  if (inElement.createTextRange) {
	    var range = inElement.createTextRange();
	    if (range && BodyLoaded==1)
	      range.execCommand('Copy');
	  } else {
	    var flashcopier = 'flashcopier';
	    if(!document.getElementById(flashcopier)) {
	      var divholder = document.createElement('div');
	      divholder.id = flashcopier;
	      document.body.appendChild(divholder);
	    }
	    document.getElementById(flashcopier).innerHTML = '';
	    var divinfo = '<embed src="_clipboard.swf" FlashVars="clipboard='+encodeURIComponent(inElement.value)+'" width="0" height="0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>';
	    document.getElementById(flashcopier).innerHTML = divinfo;
	  }
	}