def columnize(items, width=80, cols=3):

    if not items:
        return False

    # Initialize a new table. No fancy border or headers, we just want a grid
    # of plain text (with any markup intact, of course).
    table = evtable.EvTable(border='none', width=width)

    # Break the flat list into sublists e.g. sublist([1,2,3,4,5], 2) ->
    # [[1,2], [3,4], [5]].
    out = sublist(items, cols)

    # Add each row.
    for x in out:
        table.add_row(*x)

    # Configure the columns to the desired width.
    #for x in range(len(out[0])):
    #    table.reformat_column(x, width=width/cols)

    return str(table)