From cbf8d16ed88bdfb5f9699076a6f2a689984ad4c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Kim=20Silkeb=C3=A6kken?= <kim.silkebaekken@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:49:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore empty segments that aren't filler segments

---
 lib/core.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/core.py b/lib/core.py
index a4f353da..26950054 100644
--- a/lib/core.py
+++ b/lib/core.py
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ class Powerline:
 
 	def __init__(self, segments):
 		'''Create a new Powerline.
+
+		Segments that have empty contents and aren't filler segments are
+		dropped from the segment array.
 		'''
-		self.segments = segments
+		self.segments = [segment for segment in segments if segment.contents or segment.filler]
 
 	def render(self, renderer, width=None):
 		'''Render all the segments with the specified renderer.