Asymptote: the Vector Graphics Language

Asymptote

This file documents Asymptote, version 1.88.

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Description: What is Asymptote?

Installation: Downloading and installing

Tutorial: Getting started

Drawing commands: Four primitive graphics commands

Bezier curves: Path connectors and direction specifiers

Programming: The Asymptote vector graphics language

LaTeX usage: Embedding Asymptote commands within LaTeX

Base modules: Base modules shipped with Asymptote

Options: Command-line options

Interactive mode: Typing Asymptote commands interactively

GUI: Graphical user interface

PostScript to Asymptote: Asymptote backend to pstoedit

Help: Where to get help and submit bug reports

Debugger: Squish those bugs!

Credits: Contributions and acknowledgments

Index: General index

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Installation

UNIX binary distributions: Prebuilt UNIX binaries

MacOS X binary distributions: Prebuilt MacOS X binaries

Microsoft Windows: Prebuilt Microsoft Windows binary

Configuring: Configuring Asymptote for your system

Search paths: Where Asymptote looks for your files

Compiling from UNIX source: Building Asymptote from scratch

Editing modes: Convenient emacs and vim modes

Subversion: Getting the latest development source

Uninstall: Goodbye, Asymptote!

Drawing commands

Programming

Data types: void, bool, int, real, pair, triple, string

Paths and guides

Pens: Colors, line types, line widths, font sizes

Transforms: Affine transforms

Frames and pictures: Canvases for immediate and deferred drawing

Files: Reading and writing your data

Variable initializers: Initialize your variables

Structures: Organize your data

Operators: Arithmetic and logical operators

Implicit scaling: Avoiding those ugly *s

Functions: Traditional and high-order functions

Arrays: Dynamic vectors

Casts: Implicit and explicit casts

Import: Importing external Asymptote packages

Static: Where to allocate your variable?

Operators

Functions

Arrays

Base modules

plain: Default Asymptote base file

simplex: Linear programming: simplex method

math: Extend Asymptote's math capabilities

interpolate: Interpolation routines

geometry: Geometry routines

trembling: Wavy lines

stats: Statistics routines and histograms

patterns: Custom fill and draw patterns

markers: Custom path marker routines

tree: Dynamic binary search tree

binarytree: Binary tree drawing module

drawtree: Tree drawing module

syzygy: Syzygy and braid drawing module

feynman: Feynman diagrams

roundedpath: Round the sharp corners of paths

animation: Embedded PDF and MPEG movies

embed: Embedding movies, sounds, and 3D objects

slide: Making presentations with Asymptote

MetaPost: MetaPost compatibility routines

unicode: Accept unicode (UTF-8) characters

latin1: Accept ISO 8859-1 characters

babel: Interface to LaTeX babel package

labelpath: Drawing curved labels

labelpath3: Drawing curved labels in 3D

annotate: Annotate your PDF files

CAD: 2D CAD pen and measurement functions (DIN 15)

graph: 2D linear & logarithmic graphs

palette: Color density images and palettes

three: 3D vector graphics

obj: 3D obj files

graph3: 3D linear & logarithmic graphs

grid3: 3D grids

solids: 3D solid geometry

tube: 3D rotation minimizing tubes

flowchart: Flowchart drawing routines

contour: Contour lines

contour3: Contour surfaces

slopefield: Slope fields

ode: Ordinary differential equations

Graphical User Interface

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