text: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  from django import template
  from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
  
  register = template.Library()
  
  
  @register.filter(is_safe=True)
  @stringfilter
  def truncateletters(value, arg):
      """
      Truncates a string after a certain number of letters
  
      Argument: Number of letters to truncate after
      """
      from django_extensions.utils.text import truncate_letters
      try:
          length = int(arg)
      except ValueError:  # invalid literal for int()
          return value  # Fail silently
      return truncate_letters(value, length)
  