string format_page(string *items, int columns) {
    int width, i, j, x;
    string ret;

    if(!columns) columns = 2;
    ret = "";
    if( this_player() ) width = ((int *)this_player()->GetScreen())[0];
    else width = 75;
    width = width/columns;
    for(i=0, x = sizeof(items); i<x; i+=columns) {
	for(j=0; j<columns; j++) {
	    if(i+j >= x) break;
	    ret += arrange_string(items[i+j], width);
	}
	ret += "\n";
    }
    return ret;
}