[GRASS5] dxf imports

[Roger S. Miller]

Folks,

I've been contemplating what needs to be done to integrate and improve
the
dxf import capabilities in GRASS.  My major problem centers around
importing and displaying text.

The most well-developed GNU-licensed DXF import library I've found
(DIME)
apparently doesn't import text entities.  Currently I use a fairly
simple
program to extract text entities from a dxf file and store them in a
paint
labels file.  This process works very well if the paint labels are then
used in ps.map.  It doesn't work well on the GRASS display; because
paint.labels doesn't understand text rotation, transparent backgrounds
and a number of other text features.

So I have a few short questions that y'all might be able to help with.

1) Are there other dxf import libraries that I'm overlooking?

2) Does GRASS have other text-display capabilities that I'm overlooking?

3) If the answer to 2) is no then is anyone maintaining/upgrading the
paint.labels package and do you expect that paint.labels (and its
cousins)
will be maintained in the future?

Help is appreciated.


Roger Miller
Lee Wilson and Associates