diff -r 8e73200db133 -r 9a3c9b0805e3 src/gtkhtml.c
--- a/src/gtkhtml.c	Fri Aug 18 18:42:19 2000 +0000
+++ b/src/gtkhtml.c	Fri Aug 18 18:44:29 2000 +0000
@@ -1840,10 +1840,11 @@
 	if (hb->type == HTML_BIT_TEXT)
 	{
 
-/*		if (!strlen(hb->text))
-			return;*/
 		if (!(hb->text))
 			return;
+		/* this is possible, don't comment it out >:P */
+		if (!strlen(hb->text))
+			return;
 
 		mypos = g_list_index(html->html_bits, hb);
 		epos = g_list_index(html->html_bits, html->end_sel);