[ZPT] Truncating strings

[Tino Wildenhain]

Hi,

Ian Bicking wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 04:55 PM, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> 
>> Ian Bicking writes:
>>
>>> <span tal:condition="python: len(var) > 10" tal:omit-tag="">
>>>    <span tal:replace="python: var[:10]">var</span>...
>>> </span>
>>> <span tal:condition="python: len(var) < 10" tal:omit-tag="">
>>>    <span tal:replace="var">var</span>
>>> </span>
>>
>>
>> You can do this with less crud:
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> <tal:block define="var     string:abcdefghijklmnop;
>>                    maxlen  python:10;
>>                    toolong python:len(var) &gt; maxlen;
>>                    partial python:var[:maxlen]">
>>
>>   <span tal:replace="partial"
>>     /><tal:span condition="toolong">...</tal:span>
>>
>> </tal:block>
> 
> 
> Still... so... long... to... type...
> 
> I think ZPT is giving me RSI, with the Z SQL Methods kicking me when I'm 
> down.  (But I feel productive when I can type at full speed for minutes 
> on end, practically on autopilot)
> 
> Huh... tal:block must be new though.  Good to know.  Saves a few stokes 
> off <div tal:omit-tag="">...
> 
This cannot be stressed enough: dont blame ZPT for things you should
not do in ZPT. Just prepare your values outside and
use the prepared values in ZPT.

You can even do truncating in CSS :-)

Regards
Tino Wildenhain