CTAN update: asymptote
Date: May 26, 2025 8:06:38 PM CEST
John Bowman submitted an update to the
asymptote
package.
Version: 3.04
License: lgpl3
Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
Announcement text:
To support transparent backgrounds, the png16malpha driver of Ghostscript 10 is now used as the default pngdriver; use settings.pngdriver="png16m" or settings.pngdriver="pngalpha" for older versions of Ghostscript. The projection-dependence of WebGL shaders was removed for correct rendering of multiple embedded images. A new setting keys generates WebGL comments to identify each generated object. Unlink issues under MSWindows and compilation issues were addressed.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/asymptote The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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To support transparent backgrounds, the png16malpha driver of Ghostscript 10 is now used as the default pngdriver; use settings.pngdriver="png16m" or settings.pngdriver="pngalpha" for older versions of Ghostscript. The projection-dependence of WebGL shaders was removed for correct rendering of multiple embedded images. A new setting keys generates WebGL comments to identify each generated object. Unlink issues under MSWindows and compilation issues were addressed.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/asymptote The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
asymptote – 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, 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.
| Package | asymptote |
| Version | 3.04 |
| Copyright | 2004–2025 Andy Hammerlindl, John Bowman and Tom Prince |
| Maintainer | John Bowman Andy Hammerlindl |