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  • CTAN update: asymptote

    From CTAN Announcements@manfred@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Tue Feb 3 10:04:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    John Bowman submitted an update to the

    asymptote

    package.

    Version: 3.06
    License: lgpl3

    Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language

    Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Xasy front end was updated to Qt6.
    V3D and gzipped XDR files are now supported up to size 2^64-1.
    Typescript was added to the AsyGL library source.
    Various build issues were addressed.
    The dependence on the boost library was removed.
    Preliminary support for WebGL animations was added
    (see the example teapotAnimation.asy).

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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote

    More information is at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/asymptote


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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Manfred Lotz


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  • From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Mon Feb 23 15:29:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    John Bowman submitted an update to the

    asymptote

    package.

    Version number: 3.07
    License type: lgpl3

    Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language

    Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------------------------------


    Release Notes for Version 3.07

    A busy loop and race conditions in WebGL animations were addressed.
    WebGL animations are fully reversible and controlled by the autoplay setting. Build issues on legacy platforms were addressed; unused files were removed.


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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote

    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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  • From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Wed Feb 25 08:01:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    John Bowman submitted an update to the

    asymptote

    package.

    Version number: 3.08 2026-02-24
    License type: lgpl3

    Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language

    Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------------------------------


    Release Notes for Version 3.08

    Include generated GUI/xasy* files in releases.
    Fix and standardize make clean, distclean, and maintainer-clean.


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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote

    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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  • From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Thu Feb 26 08:21:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    John Bowman submitted an update to the

    asymptote

    package.

    Version number: 3.09 2026-02-25
    License type: lgpl3

    Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language

    Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------------------------------


    A 3D rendering bug exposed by the new default setting autoplay=true was fixed. The experimental and buggy support for OpenGL animations was removed in favour of WebGL animations.


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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote

    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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