$NetBSD$

--- text.C.orig	2006-01-15 06:53:55.000000000 -0500
+++ text.C	2006-01-15 06:52:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 Text::Text(void)
 {
     //fprintf(stderr, "Text::Text()\n");
+    set_message("");
     set_scale(6.0);
     set_gc(fetch_gc(GC_BLUE));
 } // Text::Text
