diff --git a/src/utils/lines/spans/lines_iterator.rs b/src/utils/lines/spans/lines_iterator.rs
index eddb737..6282da6 100644
--- a/src/utils/lines/spans/lines_iterator.rs
+++ b/src/utils/lines/spans/lines_iterator.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::chunk::{Chunk, ChunkPart};
 use super::chunk_iterator::ChunkIterator;
 use super::prefix::prefix;
 use super::row::Row;
-use super::segment::{Segment, SegmentWithText};
+use super::segment::{Segment};
 use super::segment_merge_iterator::SegmentMergeIterator;
 use std::iter::Peekable;
 use std::rc::Rc;
diff --git a/src/utils/lines/spans/row.rs b/src/utils/lines/spans/row.rs
index e27efc4..33d202e 100644
--- a/src/utils/lines/spans/row.rs
+++ b/src/utils/lines/spans/row.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::Segment;
-use utils::span::{Span, SpannedStr};
+use utils::span::{Span, AsSpannedStr};
 
 /// A list of segments representing a row of text
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ pub struct Row {
 
 impl Row {
     /// Resolve the row indices into string slices and attributes.
-    pub fn resolve<'a, T>(
-        &self, source: SpannedStr<'a, T>
-    ) -> Vec<Span<'a, T>> {
+    pub fn resolve<'a, T, S>(&self, source: S) -> Vec<Span<'a, T>>
+    where
+        S: 'a + AsSpannedStr<'a, T>,
+    {
+        let source = source.as_spanned_str();
+
         self.segments
             .iter()
             .map(|seg| seg.resolve(source.clone()))
diff --git a/src/utils/lines/spans/segment.rs b/src/utils/lines/spans/segment.rs
index 0ef167d..104cbe4 100644
--- a/src/utils/lines/spans/segment.rs
+++ b/src/utils/lines/spans/segment.rs
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ pub struct Segment {
 }
 
 impl Segment {
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    pub fn with_text<'a>(self, text: &'a str) -> SegmentWithText<'a> {
-        SegmentWithText { text, seg: self }
-    }
-
     /// Resolve this segment to a string slice and an attribute.
     pub fn resolve<'a, T>(
         &self, source: SpannedStr<'a, T>
@@ -49,9 +44,3 @@ impl Segment {
         content
     }
 }
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct SegmentWithText<'a> {
-    pub seg: Segment,
-    pub text: &'a str,
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/lines/spans/tests.rs b/src/utils/lines/spans/tests.rs
index 8289bf2..f78dc31 100644
--- a/src/utils/lines/spans/tests.rs
+++ b/src/utils/lines/spans/tests.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ fn test_line_breaks() {
 
     let iter = LinesIterator::new(&input, 17);
 
-    let rows: Vec<_> = iter.map(|row| row.resolve(input.as_spanned_str())).collect();
+    let rows: Vec<_> = iter.map(|row| row.resolve(&input))
+        .collect();
 
     assert_eq!(
         &rows[..],
diff --git a/src/utils/span.rs b/src/utils/span.rs
index de00b62..ddd14d8 100644
--- a/src/utils/span.rs
+++ b/src/utils/span.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ where
     spans: &'a [IndexedSpan<T>],
 }
 
+/// Represents a type that can be converted to a `SpannedStr`.
+pub trait AsSpannedStr<'a, T> {
+    /// Returns a view of `self`
+    fn as_spanned_str(&self) -> SpannedStr<'a, T>;
+}
+
 /// Describes an object that appears like a `SpannedStr`.
 pub trait SpannedText {
     /// Type of span returned by `SpannedText::spans()`.
@@ -252,13 +258,21 @@ impl<T> SpannedString<T> {
     pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
         self.source.is_empty() || self.spans.is_empty()
     }
+}
 
-    /// Returns a `SpannedStr` referencing `self`.
-    pub fn as_spanned_str<'a>(&'a self) -> SpannedStr<'a, T> {
+impl<'a, T> AsSpannedStr<'a, T> for &'a SpannedString<T> {
+    fn as_spanned_str(&self) -> SpannedStr<'a, T> {
         SpannedStr::new(&self.source, &self.spans)
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a, T> AsSpannedStr<'a, T> for SpannedStr<'a, T> {
+    fn as_spanned_str(&self) -> SpannedStr<'a, T> {
+        SpannedStr::new(&self.source, &self.spans)
+    }
+}
+
+
 /// An indexed span with an associated attribute.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct IndexedSpan<T> {
diff --git a/src/views/text_view.rs b/src/views/text_view.rs
index 484adc5..e0f3370 100644
--- a/src/views/text_view.rs
+++ b/src/views/text_view.rs
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ impl View for TextView {
                 let l = row.width;
                 let mut x = self.align.h.get_offset(l, printer.size.x);
 
-                for span in row.resolve(content.content.as_spanned_str()) {
+                for span in row.resolve(&content.content) {
                     printer.with_style(*span.attr, |printer| {
                         printer.print((x, 0), span.content);
                         x += span.content.width();