CTAN update: asymptote
Date: September 15, 2026 9:16:33 AM CEST
John Bowman submitted an update to the
asymptote
package.
Version: 3.15
License: lgpl3
Summary description: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
Announcement text:
Unnecessary recompilation of the Vulkan, OpenGL, and WebGL shaders is avoided. An orthographic projection bug in the WebGL renderer was fixed. The empty version string in non-git builds was fixed. The Windows installer now detects a running asy.exe. A meaningful error message is shown for 3D scenes when the Windows Vulkan software renderer is unavailable, instead of exiting. An exit-time issue in non-IBL OpenGL scenes was fixed. Relocatable builds now use an empty sysdir. The release tarball now ships stripped binaries. Build issues were addressed; the minimum autoconf requirement was lowered.
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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Unnecessary recompilation of the Vulkan, OpenGL, and WebGL shaders is avoided. An orthographic projection bug in the WebGL renderer was fixed. The empty version string in non-git builds was fixed. The Windows installer now detects a running asy.exe. A meaningful error message is shown for 3D scenes when the Windows Vulkan software renderer is unavailable, instead of exiting. An exit-time issue in non-IBL OpenGL scenes was fixed. Relocatable builds now use an empty sysdir. The release tarball now ships stripped binaries. Build issues were addressed; the minimum autoconf requirement was lowered.
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 | 3.15 |
| Copyright | 2004–2026 Andy Hammerlindl, John Bowman and Tom Prince |
| Maintainer | John Bowman Andy Hammerlindl |