bug#64395: [PATCH] * src/xdisp.c (display_string): Don't truncate mode line in terminal

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Cc: 64395@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:15:20 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> > Cc: 64395@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2023 15:47:39 +0300
> > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> > 
> > Your proposed change fixes the problem, but it fixes it incorrectly:
> > after applying the patch, I see a truncation glyph "$" at the end of
> > the mode line.  This should never happen on the mode line: we don't
> > show truncation glyphs there.  Compare the display after applying your
> > patch with the mode-line displayed after evaluating the below:
> > 
> >  (setq mode-line-format
> >        (concat (format-mode-line
> >                 "- Ln %l, Col %c ")
> >                (make-string 100 ?-)))
> > 
> > As you see, the expected display of the mode line that is truncated is
> > simply not to see the truncated part, without any "$" truncation
> > glyph at the end of the mode line.
> > 
> > So a slightly different change is needed to properly fix this case.
> > I'm working on such a proper fix.
> 
> Should be fixed now on the master branch, please test.

No further comments within 2 weeks, so I presume the bug has indeed
been solved, and I'm therefore closing it.