{{ post.subject|slice:":15"|escape }} does the job.
On Aug 20, 6:55 am, patrickk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> thanks.
>
> since truncatewords and truncatewords_html are predefined filters, I
> guess that truncate should also be one (just my opinion).
>
> patrick
>
> On 20 Aug., 12:33, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 11:52 +0200, patrickk wrote:
> > > how do I truncate a string (in the template) after a certain amount
> > > of characters?
> > > I know there´s a truncate-filter, but it works with words and not
> > > characters.
>
> > There's #5025 in Trac.
>
> > This shouldn't be seen as any endorsement for that ticket, since I'm not
> > convinced it belongs in core and haven't really worried about making any
> > kind of decision. But you can try it out for your own purposes (use it
> > to create a filter in your app, for example).
>
> > Regards,
> > Malcolm
>
> > --
> > The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the
> > cheese.http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/
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