[GRASSLIST:10492] Labels and ps.map

[Nick Cahill]

Dear Grass Gurus,

Is there a reason why d.m and gis.m can display point vector  
attributes as labels, but this can't be output to a postscript file;  
and ps.map has to rely on the - I assume, somewhat outdated - method  
of using a separate label file? Currently, to get labels to come out  
correctly in ps.map, I have to run ps.map, look at the postscript  
output, find that the labels are a bit too big or something, make a  
whole new label file with different parameters, and start again; and  
this usually takes a number of iterations. It would be much more  
convenient (for me at least, as a user) to have site labels be part  
of vector display within ps.map, so you could have e.g.

vpoints vector
	type point or/and centroid
	layer # (layer number used with cats/where/sizecol options)
	cats list of categories (e.g. 1,3,5-7)
	where SQL where statement like: vlastnik = 'Cimrman'
	masked [y|n]
	color color
	fcolor color
	**attlabel (attribute column)
	**attlabelsize (in points or whatever)
	**font, color, etc.


Or am I missing something obvious?

Thank you,

Nick Cahill