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Diffstat (limited to 'ishtar_common')
| -rw-r--r-- | ishtar_common/utils.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ishtar_common/utils.py b/ishtar_common/utils.py index 50f4a6b41..d5fc37276 100644 --- a/ishtar_common/utils.py +++ b/ishtar_common/utils.py @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ # See the file COPYING for details. +from django.utils.translation import ugettext + def cached_label_changed(sender, **kwargs): if not kwargs.get('instance'): return @@ -25,3 +27,9 @@ def cached_label_changed(sender, **kwargs): if lbl != instance.cached_label: instance.cached_label = lbl instance.save() + +SHORTIFY_STR = ugettext(" (...)") +def shortify(lbl, number=20): + if len(lbl) <= number: + return lbl + return lbl[:number-len(SHORTIFY_STR)] + SHORTIFY_STR |