From dfe697ac171103e34b2aa90fe8e8d0ead09a9ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Hoffmann <l-m-h@web.de>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:09:32 +0100
Subject: Simplify arithmetic comparison

---
 alot/helper.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/alot/helper.py b/alot/helper.py
index ba68bd45..9264e785 100644
--- a/alot/helper.py
+++ b/alot/helper.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def string_decode(string, enc='ascii'):
 
 def shorten(string, maxlen):
     """shortens string if longer than maxlen, appending ellipsis"""
-    if maxlen > 1 and len(string) > maxlen:
+    if 1 < maxlen < len(string):
         string = string[:maxlen - 1] + u'\u2026'
     return string[:maxlen]
 
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