diff -urp /Users/mark/Desktop/lineage/lineage.views.inc lineage/lineage.views.inc
--- /Users/mark/Desktop/lineage/lineage.views.inc	2009-11-15 06:20:39.000000000 +0100
+++ lineage/lineage.views.inc	2010-01-09 22:12:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 function lineage_views_data() {
   $tables['term_lineage'] = array(
     'table' => array(
-      'group' => 'Taxonomy',
+      'group' => t('Taxonomy'),
       'join' => array(
         'node' => array(
           'left_table' => 'term_node',
diff -urp /Users/mark/Desktop/lineage/lineage_handler_field.inc lineage/lineage_handler_field.inc
--- /Users/mark/Desktop/lineage/lineage_handler_field.inc	2009-11-15 06:20:39.000000000 +0100
+++ lineage/lineage_handler_field.inc	2010-01-09 22:14:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,25 +4,61 @@
  * Field handler for Taxonomy: Hierarchy
  */
 class lineage_handler_field extends views_handler_field {
+  /**
+   * Provide formatter option.
+   */
+  function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    parent::options_form($form, $form_state);
+
+    $field = $this->content_field;
+    $options = $this->options;
+
+    $formatters = array('raw' => t("Raw lineage entry"),
+                        'path' => t("Path"),
+                        'hover_link' => t("'Pseudo-link' with indentation and rollover"));
+    $format = $options['format'] ? $options['format'] : "hover_link"; 
+    $form['format'] = array(
+      '#title' => t('Format'),
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#options' => $formatters,
+      '#required' => TRUE,
+      '#default_value' => $format,
+      '#weight' => 1,
+    );
+  }
+
   function render($values) {
     $content = $values->{$this->field_alias};
 
-    if ($content == '') {
-      return '';
-    }
+    if ($content == '') return '';
+
+    $options = $this->options ? $this->options : array();
+    $format = $options['format'] ? $options['format'] : "";
+    switch ($options['format']) {
+    case 'raw':
+      return $content;
+      break;
 
-    // split lineage string into pieces, i.e. hierarchial path (getting rid of weight numbers, too)
-    $path = preg_split("(\n[0-9]+-)", "\n" . $content);
-    $s = '';
-    // compose the path in readable form
-    foreach ($path as $a) {
-      if ($s != '') {
-        $s .= '  /  ';
+    case 'hover_link':
+    case 'path':
+    default:
+      // split lineage string into pieces, i.e. hierarchial path (getting rid of weight numbers, too)
+      $path = preg_split("(\n[0-9]+)", "\n".$content);
+      $s = '';
+      // compose the path in readable form
+      foreach ($path as $a) {
+        if ($s != '')
+          $s .= ' / ';
+        $s .= str_replace("\n", '', $a);
       }
-      $s .= str_replace("\n", '', $a);
+      // output pseudo-link (without href) with hierarchically indented term and full path via title/alt-rollover
+      if ($options['format'] == 'hover_link')
+        return str_repeat('   ', substr_count($content, "\n")-1)
+          . '<span title="' . $s . '">' . $a . '</span>';
+      else
+        return $s;
+      break;
     }
-    // output pseudo-link (without href) with hierarchically indented term and full path via title/alt-rollover
-    return str_repeat('&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', substr_count($content, "\n") - 1) . '<a title="' . $s . '" alt="' . $s . '">' . $a . '</a>';
   }
 }