--- ../../../tmp/kde-paul/cervisiaxbvAxaHEAD	2004-05-19 00:02:08.812627632 +1200
+++ eboxy/interface/sdl_gui/gui_extlabel.cpp	2004-05-19 00:00:16.462707416 +1200
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
       GUI_Surface *line;
       int maxwidth = 0;
 
+      /* Work out width of text */
       if (wordwrap && strchr(linedstr, ' ') != NULL) {
         bufptr = linedstr;  // start of string
         char *prevword = bufptr;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
           if(bufptr)
             bufptr[0] = '\0'; // we're only interested in the line to this point
           // Render the line, so we can find out how wide it is
+          if(linestart && strlen(linestart) > 0) {
           line = font->RenderFast(linestart, textcolor);
           if(bufptr)
             bufptr[0] = ' ';
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
               maxwidth = line->GetWidth();
           }
           line->DecRef();
+          }
           prevword = bufptr;
 
           if(!bufptr)