[Xastir-dev] dbfawk-like things for OGR library?

[Curt, WE7U]

I've been working on labels for the OGR (vector) portion of gdal.c.
OGR is a vector library that works on a bunch of different types of
map files, including Shapefiles.

dbfawk only works currently with Shapefiles using the Shapelib
library.

Does it make sense to try to extend dbfawk to work with more vector
map types, or to create something new that is more general?

What I'd like to see someday is a way for the average user to select
things like line colors, line widths, zoom levels at which they
appear, label colors, etc, from a GUI instead of by editing dbfawk
files.  If the GUI creates dbfawk files for the user, that's fine
too, as long as the code is efficient during map drawing.

Any ideas on how to proceed?  Next, after I get the labels somewhat
in shape for the OGR code, I'd like to implement the rest of the
attribute coding.  I'd rather start down the right path instead of
having to do it again later.

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