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NAME

6       asy - Asymptote: a script-based vector graphics language
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SYNOPSIS

9       asy [options] [file ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Asymptote  is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for tech‐
13       nical drawings, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syn‐
14       tax.   Asymptote  provides  for  figures the same high-quality level of
15       typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text.
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OPTIONS

18       If no arguments are given, Asymptote runs in interactive mode.
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20       If "-" is given as the file argument,  Asymptote  reads  from  standard
21       input.
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23       A  summary of options is included below. The effect of most options can
24       be negated by prepending no to the option  name.   Default  values  for
25       most  options  may  also  be entered in the file .asy/config.asy in the
26       user's home directory using the long form:
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28            import settings;
29            batchView=true;
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31       For a complete description, see the Info files.
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33       -V,-View
34              View output; command-line only.
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36       -a,-align C|B|T|Z
37              Center, Bottom, Top, or Zero page alignment [Center].
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39       -autoimport string
40              Module to automatically import [""].
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43              Enable automatic importing of plain [true].
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45       -autorotate
46              Enable automatic PDF page rotation [false].
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48       -batchMask
49              Mask fpu exceptions in batch mode [false].
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51       -batchView
52              View output in batch mode [false].
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54       -bw    Convert all colors to black and white [false].
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56       -cd directory
57              Set current directory; command-line only.
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59       -c,-clearGUI
60              Clear GUI operations [false].
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62       -cmyk  Convert rgb colors to cmyk [false].
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65              Conserve memory at the expense of speed [false].
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67       -d,-debug
68              Enable debugging messages [false].
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70       -x,-deconstruct X
71              Deconstruct into transparent objects magnified by X.
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77              Allow write to other directory; command-line only [false].
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79       -gray  Convert all colors to grayscale [false].
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81       -h,-help
82              Show summary of options; command-line only.
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84       -historylines n
85              Retain n lines of history [1000].
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87       -i,-ignoreGUI
88              Ignore GUI operations [false].
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90       -inlinetex
91              Generate inline tex code [false].
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93       -interactiveMask
94              Mask fpu exceptions in interactive mode [true].
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97              View output in interactive mode [true].
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100              Keep intermediate files [false].
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102       -keepaux
103              Keep intermediate LaTeX .aux files [false].
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105       -l,-listvariables
106              List available global functions and variables [false].
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108       -localhistory
109              Use a local interactive history file [false].
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111       -m,-mask
112              Mask fpu exceptions; command-line only.
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114       -multiline
115              Input code over multiple lines at the prompt [false].
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118              View output from multiple batch-mode files [false].
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120       -O,-offset pair
121              PostScript offset [(0,0)].
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123       -f,-outformat format
124              Convert each output file to specified format.
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126       -o,-outname name
127              Alternative output name for first file.
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129       -p,-parseonly
130              Parse file [false].
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132       -prompt string
133              Prompt ["> "].
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135       -prompt2 string
136              Continuation prompt for multiline input [".."].
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138       -q,-quiet
139              Suppress welcome message [false].
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141       -rgb   Convert cmyk colors to rgb [false].
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143       -safe  Disable system call; command-line only [true].
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145       -scroll n
146              Scroll standard output n lines at a time [0].
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148       -tabcompletion
149              Interactive prompt auto-completion [true].
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151       -tex engine
152              TeX engine ("latex|pdflatex|tex|pdftex|none") ["latex"].
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154       -s,-translate
155              Show translated virtual machine code [false].
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157       -twice Run LaTeX twice (to resolve references) [false].
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159       -unsafe
160              Enable system call (=> global); command-line only [false].
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162       -u,-user string
163              General purpose user string [""].
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165       -v,-verbose
166              Increase verbosity level [0].
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169              Show version; command-line only.
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171       -wait  Wait for child processes to finish before exiting [false].
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173       -where Show where listed variables are declared [false].
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AUTHOR

185       Asymptote was written by Andy Hammerlindl, John Bowman, and Tom Prince.
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187       This manual page was written by Hubert Chan for the Debian project (but
188       may be used by others).
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