From d0d2dd4a588b40606e1ae74ebe0466fdd92cd863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Landgren <peter.talken@telia.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:59:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] String must be unicode for truncation to work for non ascii
 characters.

svn: r13174
---
 src/PluginUtils/_GuiOptions.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PluginUtils/_GuiOptions.py b/src/PluginUtils/_GuiOptions.py
index 3467fa537..d85d9aca7 100644
--- a/src/PluginUtils/_GuiOptions.py
+++ b/src/PluginUtils/_GuiOptions.py
@@ -687,10 +687,10 @@ class GuiNoteOption(gtk.HBox):
         if note:
             note_id = note.get_gramps_id()
             txt = " ".join(note.get().split())
+            #String must be unicode for truncation to work for non ascii characters
+            txt = unicode(txt)
             if len(txt) > 35:
-                txt = txt[:35]+"..."
-            else:
-                txt = txt
+                txt = txt[:35] + "..."
             txt = "%s [%s]" % (txt, note_id)
 
             self.__note_label.set_text( txt )