From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: [OT] what about asymptote ? Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:48:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87mxuyu8lg.wl%n.goaziou@gmail.com> References: <87pqzvtfkt.wl%n.goaziou@gmail.com> <87typ6dhco.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41127 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ONrId-00075Y-K3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:48:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONrIc-0006aO-Dm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:48:47 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:45706) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONrIc-0006aC-7Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:48:46 -0400 Received: by wwb34 with SMTP id 34so3251127wwb.0 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:48:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87typ6dhco.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: org-mode mailing list >>>>> Eric Schulte writes: > I agree asymptote does generate beautiful figures (does it use the same > pgf backend as tikz)? Asymptote is unrelated to pgf. IMHO, it is far more powerful (i.e. 3D functionality) but admittedly less integrated into LaTeX (that's why org-babel is god sent). > However my most common graphical need is to display data read in from an > external file or from the command line, which I believe is orthogonal to > the main asymptote functionality. Asymptote can read and write text and XDR files. I'm not sure about the command line thing. Regards, -- Nicolas