"blarp, this is my commit message". For HousePet, with love

game/engines/default/engine/Chat.lua

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function _M:init(name, npc, player, data)
 	local f, err = loadfile(self:getChatFile(name))
 	if not f and err then error(err) end
 	setfenv(f, setmetatable({
+		setDialogWidth = function(w) self.force_dialog_width = w end,
 		newChat = function(c) self:addChat(c) end,
 	}, {__index=data}))
 	self.default_id = f()
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ function _M:invoke(id)
 	if self.npc.onChat then self.npc:onChat() end
 	if self.player.onChat then self.player:onChat() end
 
-	local d = engine.dialogs.Chat.new(self, id or self.default_id)
+	local d = engine.dialogs.Chat.new(self, id or self.default_id, self.force_dialog_width or 500)
 	game:registerDialog(d)
 	return d
 end

game/engines/default/engine/dialogs/Chat.lua

@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ module(..., package.seeall, class.inherit(Dialog))
 
 show_portraits = false
 
-function _M:init(chat, id)
+function _M:init(chat, id, width)
+	self.force_width = width
 	self.cur_id = id
 	self.chat = chat
 	self.npc = chat.npc
 	self.player = chat.player
-	Dialog.init(self, self.npc.name, 500, 400)
+	Dialog.init(self, self.npc.name, width or 500, 400)
 
 	local xoff = 0
 	if self.show_portraits then
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ function _M:use(item, a)
 end
 
 function _M:regen()
-	local d = new(self.chat, self.cur_id)
+	local d = new(self.chat, self.cur_id, self.force_width)
 	d.__showup = false
 	game:replaceDialog(self, d)
 	self.next_dialog = d