From 280099f4557c60cba50d53c8f2936d5721c28c4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AstreaTSS <25420078+AstreaTSS@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:55:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: make shortened item descriptions a bit better

---
 common/models.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/models.py b/common/models.py
index f5e94bb..9ccf811 100644
--- a/common/models.py
+++ b/common/models.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import datetime
 import os
 import re
+import textwrap
 from collections import Counter
 from enum import IntEnum
 
@@ -66,9 +67,10 @@ def code_template(value: str) -> str:
 
 
 def short_desc(description: str, length: int = 25) -> str:
-    if len(description) > length:
-        description = f"{description[:length-3]}..."
-    return description
+    new_description = textwrap.shorten(description, length, placeholder="...")
+    if new_description == "...":  # word is too long, lets manually cut it
+        return f"{description[:length-3].strip()}..."
+    return new_description
 
 
 class TruthBullet(PrismaTruthBullet):