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@@ -9376,12 +9376,16 @@ produced using the @code{-f} option (or @code{outformat} setting).
@cindex @code{SVG}
@cindex @code{dvisvgm}
@cindex @code{libgs}
+@cindex @code{graphics}
To produce @acronym{SVG} output, you will need @code{dvisvgm} (version
-2.6.3 or later) from @url{http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net} and must use
-the @code{latex} or @code{tex} tex engine. You might need to adjust
-the configuration variable @code{libgs} to point to the location of
-your @code{Ghostscript} library @code{libgs.so} (or to an empty
-string, depending on how @code{dvisvgm} was configured).
+2.6.3 or later) from @url{http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net}.
+You might need to adjust the configuration variable @code{libgs} to
+point to the location of your @code{Ghostscript} library
+@code{libgs.so} (or to an empty string, depending on how
+@code{dvisvgm} was configured). Due to current limitations of @code{dvisvgm},
+@code{graphic()} can only display SVG output (used by the xasy
+editor) for external vector EPS graphics (embedded images, PDF, PNG,
+and JPG formats are not yet supported).
@code{Asymptote} can also produce any output format supported
by the @code{ImageMagick} @code{convert} program (version 6.3.5 or