XASY(1x)

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✨ XASY(1x) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the xasy(1x) manual page 💅 this is the group chat version of it, but like... every single fact is still here, no cap. grab a boba and let's go 🧋🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

asy — the script-based vector graphics language 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

xasy [-x magnification] [filename]

that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so Asymptote is this powerful descriptive vector graphics language made for technical drawing, and it's inspired by MetaPost but lowkey upgraded — it's got an improved C++-like syntax 😌✨

and the way that it does for figures what LaTeX does for scientific text?? same high-quality level of typesetting, fr fr 🔥 iconic behaviour.

xasy is the GUI for Asymptote that lets you do your final figure adjustments 🎨 like the little finishing touches before you post. main character energy only.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -x magnification — the initial zoom 🔍 how zoomed in you wanna be when you walk in. that's the one and only option, and she ate 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Asymptote and xasy are documented fully in the Asymptote Info page 📖 go read it, iykyk.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

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

and that's the whole page!! 🌈 this cutie was last touched on 27 Nov 2007, and it's from the XASY(1x) manual — yeah, same name as the top, the manpage is just matching its own outfit 🎀💀 okay bye bestie, go make some gorgeous vector graphics 🦋✨

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