bug#34476: fluffy whitespace in the mode-line, despite it running off the screen

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:07:00 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: contovob@tcd.ie, 34476@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Right.  Do you want to apply your patch (to a branch?) and I can tweak
> > it further and add documentation and stuff?
> 
> Will do.

While doing some further testing, I found a flaw in the implementation
that I need to resolve before pushing the branch.  I have an idea, but
I need to test how well it works.

So it will take me a couple more days.