Problems translating map file layers to mapscript

[Damon Butler]

> # Should I have to set these? Can they be made tranparent?

Yes. And Yes.

> #c.label.backgroundcolor = mapscript.colorObj(255, 255, 255)
> #c.label.outlinecolor = mapscript.colorObj(255, 255, 255)

They can be made transparent by supplying negative numbers for the R, G, 
and B values.

c.label.backgroundcolor = mapscript.colorObj(-1, -1, -1)
c.label.outlinecolor = mapscript.colorObj(-1, -1, -1)

But I'm afraid that I don't have any insights into your other queries 
(repeated below).

--Damon

> I'm also having to specify c.label.minsize and c.label.maxsize, 
> otherwise the labels come out just one or two pixels tall. It's like 
> there are some defaults that are assumed in the map file but that need 
> to be made explicit in the mapscript version.
> 
> Any insights appreciated,
> 
> --David Niergarth
> 
> P.S. I wonder if anyone has ever written a code generator that could 
> translate map file fragments (like a layer) to mapscript API calls? I'm 
> discovering doing it by hand is pretty tedious.

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