>>> Please try the attached patch (I only checked whether it compiles and
>>> builds on Windows).  You have to add a non-nil 'no-special-glyphs' frame
>>> parameter to suppress such glyphs.
>>
>> Sorry, that patch was complete scrap.  Hopefully, I'll come up with a
>> better one later.
>>
>> What do those glyphs look like - "\" for continuation and "$" for
>> truncation?
>
> Yup, exactly :) Thanks for your help!

Please try the revised patch I attached.

Thanks, martin