# coding=utf-8
import django
from django import template
from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
register = template.Library()
def truncateletters(value, arg):
"""
Truncates a string after a certain number of letters
Argument: Number of letters to truncate after
"""
from django_extensions.utils.text import truncate_letters
try:
length = int(arg)
except ValueError: # invalid literal for int()
return value # Fail silently
return truncate_letters(value, length)
if django.get_version() >= "1.4":
truncateletters = stringfilter(truncateletters)
register.filter(truncateletters, is_safe=True)
else:
truncateletters.is_safe = True
truncateletters = stringfilter(truncateletters)
register.filter(truncateletters)