[texhax] asymptote in latex - how?

[Bo Thide']

Hi Philip,

Thanks for your help.

My problem went away when I replaced Ubuntu 9.04's version of asymptote
(1.43) with the latest asymptote (1.86), compiled from source.

A related question:  I would like to have the asymptote code being read
in into my latex file (preferable via an \input mechanism), rather than
having the code embedded in the .tex file, but am not sure how to do it.
Dario Teixeira's "ASYMPTOTE and LaTeX:  An Integration Guide" is unclear
and ambgious on this point.  Everything I have tried in this direcation
has failed so far.  Perhaps there is an Asymptote FAQ somewhere that I
have missed?

Best regards,

Bo

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In your e-mail of Wed Sep 16 13:13:24 2009 you wrote:
> 
> This now works for me, /IFF/
> 
> (a) I first install Asymptote
> (b) I next install Ghostscript V8.70
> (c) I use the three-line sequence
> 
>  >> pdflatex document
>  >> asy document
>  >> pdflatex document
> 
> The "[pdftex]" at line.~2 appears to be redundant,
> but I will not swear to this.
> 
> Philip Taylor
> --------
> \documentclass[10pt]{article}
> \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
> \usepackage{asymptote}
> 
> \begin{document}
> 
> \begin{figure}
> \centering
> \begin{asy}
> size (3cm);
> draw (unitcircle);
> \end{asy}
> \caption{This is a test.  Let's see if it works...}
> \label{fig:1}
> \end{figure}
> \end{document}
>