From e61d4afa02072b48a332c7250b293704f57c6b2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mluessi@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu" <mluessi@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:48:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] FIX: version comp. for VTK 5.10

---
 mayavi/modules/text.py | 8 +++++---
 tvtk/tools/mlab.py     | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mayavi/modules/text.py b/mayavi/modules/text.py
index 1fcc0e0..d1c79c0 100644
--- a/mayavi/modules/text.py
+++ b/mayavi/modules/text.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005, Enthought, Inc.
 # License: BSD Style.
 
+from distutils.Version import StrictVersion
+
 # Enthought library imports.
 from traits.api import Instance, Range, Str, Bool, Property, \
                                     Float
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ from apptools.persistence import state_pickler
 from mayavi.core.module import Module
 from mayavi.core.pipeline_info import PipelineInfo
 
-VTK_VER = float(tvtk.Version().vtk_version[:3])
+VTK_VER = StrictVersion(tvtk.Version().vtk_version)
 
 
 ######################################################################
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ class Text(Module):
     ########################################
     # The view of this object.
 
-    if VTK_VER > 5.1:
+    if VTK_VER > '5.1':
         _text_actor_group = Group(Item(name='visibility'),
                                   Item(name='text_scale_mode'),
                                   Item(name='alignment_point'),
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ class Text(Module):
         set the `actors` attribute up at this point.
         """
         actor = self.actor = tvtk.TextActor(input=str(self.text))
-        if VTK_VER > 5.1:
+        if VTK_VER > '5.1':
             actor.set(text_scale_mode='prop', width=0.4, height=1.0)
         else:
             actor.set(scaled_text=True, width=0.4, height=1.0)
diff --git a/tvtk/tools/mlab.py b/tvtk/tools/mlab.py
index 8262da0..dfe9230 100644
--- a/tvtk/tools/mlab.py
+++ b/tvtk/tools/mlab.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ functions::
 # Copyright (c) 2005-2007, Enthought, Inc.
 # License: BSD Style.
 
+from distutils.Version import StrictVersion
 
 import numpy
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ from tvtk.tools import ivtk
 # Set this to False to not use LOD Actors.
 USE_LOD_ACTOR = True
 
-VTK_VER = float(tvtk.Version().vtk_version[:3])
+VTK_VER = StrictVersion(tvtk.Version().vtk_version)
 
 ######################################################################
 # Utility functions.
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ class Title(MLabBase):
         super(Title, self).__init__(**traits)
 
         ta = self.text_actor
-        if VTK_VER > 5.1:
+        if VTK_VER > '5.1':
             ta.set(text_scale_mode='prop', height=0.05, input=self.text)
         else:
             ta.set(scaled_text=True, height=0.05, input=self.text)
-- 
1.7.12