truncate

I have a list, each row in the list has text. Some of the text extends beyond the edge of the screen. I have no problem making it truncate the text and show ellipses. I have no problem to 'fade the edge of the text' however, the fade occurs at the edge of every text, not just the ones the are too large for the textview. I have searched and searched and can't find a way to, essentially, do exactly what the ellipses do but, instead of ellipses, fade the edge of the text only if it is going off the edge of the screen. Can anyone please help? FYI, right now, my text view contains: android

I know in python you can do something like myList[1:20] but is there anything similar in C#? var itemsOneThroughTwenty = myList.Take(20); var itemsFiveThroughTwenty = myList.Skip(5).Take(15); Dean Harding You can use List<T>.GetRange() : var subList = myList.GetRange(0, 20); From MSDN: Creates a shallow copy of a range of elements in the source List<T> . public List<T> GetRange(int index, int count) This might be helpful for efficiency, if you really want to truncate the list, not make a copy. While the python example makes a copy, the original question really was about truncating the list.

What's the safest way to truncate the MySQL slow query log (under Linux primarily, but Windows would be handy to know) while MySQL is running? By safe I mean: Mustn't cause any permissions problems Mustn't jump back to its original size next time its appended to vartec To truncate a file regardless if it is open by a running application do: > /var/logs/your.log at your shell prompt. From here : You can move the open file, then tell mysqld to flush logs, which will open a new log. shell> cd mysql-data-directory shell> mv mysql.log mysql.old shell> mv mysql-slow.log mysql-slow.old shell>