Fixed #5025 -- Add a "truncatechars" template filter. Many thanks to Chris Beaven.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16542 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt

@@ -2055,6 +2055,24 @@ For example::
 
 If ``value`` is ``"my first post"``, the output will be ``"My First Post"``.
 
+.. templatefilter:: truncatechars
+
+truncatechars
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.4
+
+Truncates a string if it is longer than the specified number of characters.
+Truncated strings will end with a translatable ellipsis sequence ("...").
+
+**Argument:** Number of characters to truncate to
+
+For example::
+
+    {{ value|truncatechars:9 }}
+
+If ``value`` is ``"Joel is a slug"``, the output will be ``"Joel i..."``.
+
 .. templatefilter:: truncatewords
 
 truncatewords