--- C:\libraries\lucene-2.3.2-src-highlighter\contrib\highlighter\src\java\org\apache\lucene\search\highlight\SimpleSpanFragmenter.old	Wed Sep 17 09:50:08 2008
+++ C:\libraries\lucene-2.3.2-src-highlighter\contrib\highlighter\src\java\org\apache\lucene\search\highlight\SimpleSpanFragmenter.java	Wed Sep 17 13:36:56 2008
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
   private int position = -1;
   private SpanScorer spanScorer;
   private int waitForPos = -1;
-
+  private int textSize;
+  
   /**
    * @param spanscorer SpanScorer that was used to score hits
    */
@@ -71,12 +72,13 @@
         if (((PositionSpan) positionSpans.get(i)).start == position) {
           waitForPos = ((PositionSpan) positionSpans.get(i)).end + 1;
 
-          return true;
+          //return true;
         }
       }
     }
 
-    boolean isNewFrag = token.endOffset() >= (fragmentSize * currentNumFrags);
+    boolean isNewFrag = token.endOffset() >= (fragmentSize * currentNumFrags) && 
+                        (textSize - token.endOffset()) >= (fragmentSize >>> 1);
 
     if (isNewFrag) {
       currentNumFrags++;
@@ -91,5 +93,6 @@
   public void start(String originalText) {
     position = 0;
     currentNumFrags = 1;
+    textSize = originalText.length();
   }
 }