[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #1222: Message excerpts don't work on inbox/sentbox under i18n environment

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#1222: Message excerpts don't work on inbox/sentbox under i18n environment
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  Reporter:  takuya  |      Owner:
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  1.3
 Component:  Core    |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:  i18n,excerpt,needs-patch
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 Got some helpful feedback from
 http://buddypress.org/community/groups/localization/forum/topic/word-
 count-vs-character-count-for-automated-excerpts-feedback-
 wanted/#post-83508

 In my fix, I also modify all the places throughout BP where
 bp_create_excerpt() is called with an explicit $except_length, as well as
 the default value of $excerpt length. I used the multiplier of 4.5 to
 convert word lengths to character lengths, as a bit of internet research
 (along with
 http://buddypress.org/community/groups/localization/forum/topic/word-
 count-vs-character-count-for-automated-excerpts-feedback-
 wanted/#post-83458) made it sound like it'd be a good cross-language
 compromise. It seems to make excerpts look good everywhere I checked.

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