diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index b8a9c48..9a5927a 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -4712,7 +4712,8 @@
     CHARSTAB_ENTRY(&fill_chars.foldsep,	    "foldsep"),
     CHARSTAB_ENTRY(&fill_chars.diff,	    "diff"),
     CHARSTAB_ENTRY(&fill_chars.eob,	    "eob"),
-    CHARSTAB_ENTRY(&fill_chars.lastline,    "lastline")
+    CHARSTAB_ENTRY(&fill_chars.lastline,    "lastline"),
+    CHARSTAB_ENTRY(&fill_chars.trunc,	    "trunc"),
 };
 static lcs_chars_T lcs_chars;
 static struct charstab lcstab[] =
@@ -4826,6 +4827,7 @@
 		fill_chars.diff = '-';
 		fill_chars.eob = '~';
 		fill_chars.lastline = '@';
+		fill_chars.trunc = '>';
 	    }
 	}
 	p = value;
@@ -4837,6 +4839,7 @@
 		    continue;
 
 		s = p + tab[i].name.length + 1;
+
 		if (is_listchars && STRCMP(tab[i].name.string, "multispace") == 0)
 		{
 		    if (round == 0)
@@ -4858,7 +4861,6 @@
 			    return field_value_err(errbuf, errbuflen,
 				    e_wrong_number_of_characters_for_field_str,
 				    tab[i].name.string);
-			p = s;
 		    }
 		    else
 		    {
@@ -4870,8 +4872,8 @@
 			    if (p == last_multispace && lcs_chars.multispace != NULL)
 				lcs_chars.multispace[multispace_pos++] = c1;
 			}
-			p = s;
 		    }
+		    p = s;
 		    break;
 		}
 
@@ -4879,7 +4881,7 @@
 		{
 		    if (round == 0)
 		    {
-			// get length of lcs-leadmultispace string in first
+			// Get length of lcs-leadmultispace string in first
 			// round
 			last_lmultispace = p;
 			lead_multispace_len = 0;
@@ -4897,7 +4899,6 @@
 			    return field_value_err(errbuf, errbuflen,
 				    e_wrong_number_of_characters_for_field_str,
 				    tab[i].name.string);
-			p = s;
 		    }
 		    else
 		    {
@@ -4909,8 +4910,8 @@
 			    if (p == last_lmultispace && lcs_chars.leadmultispace != NULL)
 				lcs_chars.leadmultispace[multispace_pos++] = c1;
 			}
-			p = s;
 		    }
+		    p = s;
 		    break;
 		}