this functionality can be twofold 1. "simple" css hack that will cover fix it instantly :) http://www.css3.com/css-text-overflow/ 2. "hard" way would be count words and if too long (or too many chars) split at last space in "too much" from right side (oposite side search) http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/python/python3/functionscont.html
hope it helps :) On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Jason (spot) Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have some long strings. How do I shorten them with the "..." feature? > So when I talk on and on it will... :P > Regards, > Jason Brower > > > > -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."-Albert Einstein for words in '' clean up forwarded e-mail before forwarding it to your friends '';do BR=$(($( od -N 2 -t o2 /dev/urandom |grep -v 0000002|cut -d " " -f 2|cut -b 3) + 1)) ; printf "%0.${BR}s %s\n" ">>>>>" ${words} ;done --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---