1 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode

     2 from django.utils.functional import allow_lazy

     3 

     4 def truncate_letters(s, num):

     5     """ truncates a string to a number of letters, similar to truncate_words """

     6     s = force_unicode(s)

     7     length = int(num)

     8     if len(s)>length:

     9         s = s[:length]

    10     if not s.endswith('...'):

    11         s += '...'

    12     return s

    13 truncate_letters = allow_lazy(truncate_letters, unicode)