user = User.get_by_username(_author, case_insensitive=True,

                                cache=True)

    if user is not None:

        return person_getter(user)

    # Still nothing?  Just pass back the author name then

    return _author

def bool2icon(value):

    """Returns True/False values represented as small html image of true/false

    icons

    :param value: bool value

    """

    if value is True:

        return HTML.tag('img', src=url("/images/icons/accept.png"),

                        alt=_('True'))

    if value is False:

        return HTML.tag('img', src=url("/images/icons/cancel.png"),

                        alt=_('False'))

    return value

def action_parser(user_log, feed=False):

    """

    This helper will action_map the specified string action into translated

    fancy names with icons and links

    :param user_log: user log instance

    :param feed: use output for feeds (no html and fancy icons)

    """

    action = user_log.action

    action_params = ' '

    x = action.split(':')

    if len(x) > 1:

        action, action_params = x

    def get_cs_links():

        revs_limit = 3  # display this amount always

        revs_top_limit = 50  # show upto this amount of changesets hidden

        revs_ids = action_params.split(',')

        repo_name = user_log.repository.repo_name

        repo = user_log.repository.scm_instance

        message = lambda rev: rev.message

        lnk = lambda rev, repo_name: (

            link_to('r%s:%s' % (rev.revision, rev.short_id),

                    url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,

                        revision=rev.raw_id),

                    title=tooltip(message(rev)), class_='tooltip')

        )

        # get only max revs_top_limit of changeset for performance/ui reasons

        revs = [

            x for x in repo.get_changesets(revs_ids[0],

                                           revs_ids[:revs_top_limit][-1])

        ]

        cs_links = []

        cs_links.append(" " + ', '.join(

            [lnk(rev, repo_name) for rev in revs[:revs_limit]]

            )

        )

        compare_view = (

            ' <div class="compare_view tooltip" title="%s">'

            '<a href="%s">%s</a> </div>' % (

                _('Show all combined changesets %s->%s') % (

                    revs_ids[0], revs_ids[-1]

                ),

                url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,

                    revision='%s...%s' % (revs_ids[0], revs_ids[-1])

                ),

                _('compare view')

            )

        )

        # if we have exactly one more than normally displayed

        # just display it, takes less space than displaying

        # "and 1 more revisions"

        if len(revs_ids) == revs_limit + 1:

            rev = revs[revs_limit]

            cs_links.append(", " + lnk(rev, repo_name))

        # hidden-by-default ones

        if len(revs_ids) > revs_limit + 1:

            uniq_id = revs_ids[0]

            html_tmpl = (

                '<span> %s <a class="show_more" id="_%s" '