On Dec 30, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: > Firstly, as James points out, slice already exists, and the ellipsis > difference between slice and truncate can be easily overcome with > additional code.
In the past I have had the need for a filter that works not just on the end of the string but sometimes in the middle. For example truncating a long filename, you might want to show the first bit and the last it. myfilewithasuperlong...thisnameisreallylong.jpg Doing this in the template is not a good idea, but with a template filter you can do it with an extra argument. +1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
