Django snippets

import re
from django import template
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
register = template.Library()


shorttag_regex = re.compile('^<([^/>]*[^\s]+)\s*/>$')

@template.defaultfilters.stringfilter
def remove_shorttag(field):
	search = shorttag_regex.search(field)
	if search:
		try:
			return mark_safe(u'<%s>' % search.groups()[0])
		except:
			return mark_safe(field)
	else:
		return mark_safe(field)
remove_shorttag.is_safe = True

register.filter('remove_shorttag', remove_shorttag)