As xasy
is written in the interactive scripting language
Python/Qt
, it requires Python
(https://www.python.org),
along with the Python
packages pyqt5
, cson
, and
numpy
:
pip3 install cson numpy pyqt5 PyQt5.sip
Pictures are deconstructed into the SVG image format.
Since Qt5
does not support SVG
clipping, you will need
the rsvg-convert
utility, which is part of the
librsvg2-tools
package on UNIX
systems
and the librsvg
package on MacOS X
; under
Microsoft Windows
, it is available as
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tumagcc/files/rsvg-convert-2.40.20.7z
Ensure that rsvg-convert
is available in PATH
, or
specify the location of rsvg-convert
in rsvgConverterPath
option within xasy
’s settings.
Deconstruction of a picture into its components is fastest when using
the LaTeX
TeX engine. The default setting
dvisvgmMultipleFiles=true
speeds up deconstruction
under PDF TeX engines.