Yes, it CAN be so stupid!! If you want to output a vector map with different
colors for differently attributed vectors, you have to create a separate
vector map for each attributed vector! As for "automatic" labeling of
either attribute # or category (hee hee), what do you think this is,
ARC/INFO?? 
Another thing GRASS lacks: How about a d.sites option where the site number
shows up centered on the site, rather than an "x" and an off-centered
label?
Ronald Thomas ront@meeker.cfnr.colostate.edu
Natural Resource Spec. (GIS) ^^^ Phone: 303-586-3565 x285
Resources Management Division ^^ ^^^^^ FAX: 303-586-4702
Rocky Mountain National Park ^^^ ^^^^^^^ Estes Park, CO 80517