gistfile1.js

function wordWrap(text){
  	var words = text.split(' ');
		var charWidth = 6; // and then suddenly a charWidth appeared.
		var horizotalLimit = 200;
		var lines = [];
		var currentLine = 0;
		lines.push({line : '', text_length : 0});

		var i = 0;

		while(i < words.length){
			currentLine = lines.length-1;
			if(words[i].length*charWidth >= horizotalLimit){
				var longWord = {line : words[i], length:words[i].length*charWidth};
				/*handling very long ugly german words*/
				if(lines[currentLine].length){
					lines.push(longWord);
				} else {
					lines[currentLine] = longWord;
				}

				i++;
			} else if((words[i].length * charWidth)+lines[currentLine].text_length < horizotalLimit){
				lines[currentLine].line += ' ' + words[i];
				lines[currentLine].text_length = lines[currentLine].line.length * charWidth;
				i++;
			} else {
				lines.push({line : '', text_length : 0});
			}

		} 

		/* prepare for multiline */
		console.log(lines);
		var finalLines = [];

		for(var i = 0 ; i<lines.length; i++){
			finalLines.push(lines[i].line.trim());
		}

		return finalLines;
	}