Wow, it even uses '...' by default. I am not a huge fan of filters though, just cause of the need of an [% END %].
Thanks, Earl > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Leszczynski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:18 PM > To: Cahill, Earl > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Templates] a little text formatting > > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Cahill, Earl wrote: > > > A start with a line, say > > > > This line is really too long. > > > > A length, say 25, and suffix, say '...'. I would like to be able to do > > something like this > > > > [% my_truncate(line, 25, '...') %] > > > > And end up with > > > > This line is really t... > > > Um, maybe you could use "truncate()"? > > http://template- > toolkit.org/docs/default/Manual/Filters.html#truncate_length_ > > :-) > _______________________________________________ templates mailing list [email protected] http://lists.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates
