# NAME

Template::Plugin::String::Truncate - String::Truncate functions for Template Toolkit

# VERSION

version 0.01

# SYNOPSIS

    [% USE st = String.Truncate %]

    This string is elided: [% st.elide('LONG ASS STRING, SON!', 18); %]
    This one is truncated: [% st.trunc('DAMN YOU GOT LONG STRINGS!', 10); %]
    And other stuff can happen too: [% st.elide('SHORT STRING', 5, { truncate => 'left' }) %]

# DESCRIPTION

This plugin allows you to use functions from [String::Truncate](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?String::Truncate) in your templates.
It is very simple and hopefully requires little explanation.  

# FUNCTIONS

## elide

Truncates a string and marks the elision.  See `elide` in [String::Truncate](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?String::Truncate).

## trunc

Truncates a string.  See `trunc` in [String::Truncate](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?String::Truncate).

# AUTHOR

Cory G Watson <gphat@cpan.org>

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Cold Hard Code, LLC.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.