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version 1.1.2.5, 2008/08/27 21:08:40	version 1.1.2.6, 2008/08/28 18:20:09
Line 77 def sortI(x,y):	Line 77 def sortI(x,y):

def unicodify(str):	def unicodify(str):
"""decode str (utf-8 or latin-1 representation) into unicode object"""	"""decode str (utf-8 or latin-1 representation) into unicode object"""
logging.error("unicodify: %s"%str)	#logging.error("unicodify: %s"%str)
if not str:	if not str:
return ""	return ""
if type(str) is StringType:	if type(str) is StringType:
Line 97 def utf8ify(str):	Line 97 def utf8ify(str):
else:	else:
return str.encode('utf-8')	return str.encode('utf-8')


	def shortenString(s, l, ellipsis='...'):
	"""returns a string of length l (or l-1) by omitting characters in the middle of s, replacing with ellipsis."""
	l1 = int((l - len(ellipsis)) / 2)
	return "%s%s%s"%(s[:l1],ellipsis,s[-l1:])