[vtk-developers] new vtkTextActor class and slight mapperchanges

[John Biddiscombe]

>    - you will still be able to create a unique object, i.e. vtkTextActor,
> instead of a vtkTextMapper and a vtkActor2D.
>
>    - instead of doing actor->SetBold(), you just have to do as usual:
>      vtkTextMapper* mapper = actor->GetMapper();
>      mapper->SetBold();

This is How it is designed now. The only problem is that you have to do this

vtkTextMapper* mapper = (vtkTextMapper* )(actor->GetMapper());

because if you put
vtkTextMapper* GetMapper(void);
in vtkTextActor, the compiler grunts and squeals about there being
vtkMapper2D* GetMapper(void);

and the only difference is the return type.

JB