asy - Asymptote: a script-based vector graphics language

asy [options][file...]

Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector graphics language for technical drawings, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text.

If no arguments are given, Asymptote runs in interactive mode.

If "-" is given as the file argument, Asymptote reads from standard input.

A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

-V, -View

View output file (MSDOS default).

-n, -noView

Don't view output file (UNIX default).

-x magnification

Deconstruct into transparent GIF objects.

-c

Clear GUI operations.

-i

Ignore GUI operations.

-f format

Convert each output file to specified format.

-o name

(First) output file name.

-h, -help

Show summary of options.

-O pair

PostScript offset.

-B

Align to bottom-left corner of page.

-T

Align to top-left corner of page.

-Z

Position origin at (0,0) (implies -L).

-d

Enable debugging messages.

-v, -verbose

Increase verbosity level.

-k

Keep intermediate files.

-L

Disable LaTeX label postprocessing.

-t

Produce LaTeX file for \usepackage[inline]{asymptote}

-p

Parse test.

-s

Translate test.

-l

List available global functions and variables.

-m

Mask fpu exceptions. (default for interactive mode)

-nomask

Don't mask fpu exceptions. (default for batch mode)

-bw

Convert colors to black and white.

-gray

Convert colors to grayscale.

-rgb

Convert cmyk colors to rgb.

-cmyk

Convert rgb colors to cmyk.

-safe

Disable system call. (default)

-unsafe

Enable system call.

-localhistory

Use a local interactive history file.

-noplain

Disable automatic importing of plain.

Asymptote is documented fully in the asymptote Info page. The manual can also be accessed in interactive mode with the "help" command.

Asymptote was written by Andy Hammerlindl, John Bowman, and Tom Prince.

This manual page was written by Hubert Chan for the Debian project (but may be used by others).