From 7d62f69f12b7078c615fbefb2fe8e2100ba15dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SpudGunMan <kellykeeton@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:24:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 mesh_bot.py | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mesh_bot.py b/mesh_bot.py
index 6728d6d..9572a45 100755
--- a/mesh_bot.py
+++ b/mesh_bot.py
@@ -1117,14 +1117,16 @@ def handle_messages(message, deviceID, channel_number, msg_history, publicChanne
                         # Try to add truncated version of the message
                         msg_text = msgH[1]
                         truncated = False
-                        while len(msg_text) > 0 and len((response + f"\n{msgH[0]}: {msg_text}").encode('utf-8')) > available_bytes:
+                        trunc_marker = "..."
+                        while len(msg_text) > 0 and len((response + f"\n{msgH[0]}: {msg_text}{trunc_marker}").encode('utf-8')) > available_bytes:
                             msg_text = msg_text[:-1]
                             truncated = True
                         if len(msg_text) > 10:
-                            response += f"\n{msgH[0]}: {msg_text}" + ("..." if truncated else "")
-                            # After adding a truncated message, stop (since nothing else will fit)
+                            if truncated:
+                                response += f"\n{msgH[0]}: {msg_text}{trunc_marker}"
+                            else:
+                                response += f"\n{msgH[0]}: {msg_text}"
                             break
-                        # If even a truncated message can't fit, skip this message and try earlier ones
                         continue
                     else:
                         response += new_line