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External graphics and tikz externalize won't work together

I am using the tikz library external a lot and with success - so far. Now, I need to import an external file (eps, png, pdf... I don't care), and add the axes. I know I can do this with \addplot ...
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Does anyone know if the listed prerequisites for TikZ's pgfplots package are slightly off?

Does anyone (not to specifically ask Christian) know if the prerequisite PGF/TikZ version listed in the PGFPlots manual is off by a bit? I've been trying to use \tikzset{external/mode=list and make} ...
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How to use tikzexternal? [closed]

I use some huge file to plot and for this I changed the tex conf file to increase memory that works. But I would like use instead external memory for this I try to use tikzexternal. But I fail. MWE ...
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Pgfplots gives spurious lines in external mode with geometry

This is not a major problem but all the same I would like to confirm that I am not doing anything wrong. Geometry package with showframe=true option is used to see if all the figures are within the ...
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“Fatal error” when using TikZ externalize [closed]

So I'm having problems with TikzExternalize. I have a paper with a large amount of dynamically built graphs. I get to a certain point in my files and I can't build anymore. Once I get to this point I ...
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TikZ Externalize: Referenced legends from PGFPlots are not included

The following MWE without TikZ externalization works. However, the legend at the bottom is lost with externalization. Since the \ref in this example does not refer to anything outside tikzpicture ...
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Compiling CircuiTikZ with -shell-escape (pdflatex)

I'm trying to use both CircuiTikZ and pgfplots. In order not to overflow LaTeX memory, I use the TikZ externalize library with -shell-escape command in pdfLaTeX. It compiles the pgfplots nicely, but ...
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pgfplots externalize and references: some work, some don't

I have started using the tikz externalization library for my current project. From here I learned to use \pgfplotsset{invoke before crossref tikzpicture={\tikzexternaldisable},invoke after crossref ...
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Tikz overlay with subfig, axis & externalize

I am trying to draw lines between two different tikz-drawings, placed in subfig-environments, for example the corners of the small blue rectangle in the left image and the corners of the axis ...
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How to get the pgfplots external tutorial to work in TeXnicCenter?

In 7.1.1 of the PGFPLOTS library the following example of externalization is given. Whatever I try, I cannot get it to work in TeXniccenter, running MiKTeX 2.8. \documentclass{article} ...
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! I can't find file `pgflibrarytikz*.code.tex' [closed]

I can compile the following LaTeX: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,backgrounds,plotmarks} \begin{document} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing ...
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TikZ externalize option causes error in compilation

As the title says, the externalize option causes some strange errors I can't figure out of. It works for some figures (e.g. figures for which the code I've found in the pgfplots manual), but for some ...
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TikZ externalization fails - optimize process incorrect [closed]

I am trying to get the TikZ/pgfplots externalization working. My trouble is, I cannot decipher the error I am getting. Let me first show how I use externalization: \pgfrealjobname{thesis} ...
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Clash between tikz externalization and references to plots [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: pgfplots: externalization and legend referencing I am trying to implement references to plots using there legend image with pgfplots. I use the example on page 164 of ...
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References in externalized pgfplots

I was writing on an document with a lot of pgfplots in it. Because of the memory limitation in LaTeX and in order to save some compiling time I tried out the externalize command. With most of the ...
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externalizing groupplots [closed]

I'm using the pgfplots-package. Being very new to it I just found out how to use the externalize command. Now after successfully compiling my worksheet I looked up in the progam directory finding more ...
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TikZ externalize, pgfplots and animate

I gave a very fetching presentation written with beamer today. It included a pgfplot animated with the animate package, and the result was fantastic. The problem? One of my colleagues wants to borrow ...
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pgfplots: externalization and ifthen

I use pgfplots with externalization. When I try to include a macro that uses \ifthenelse, always the 'else' statement is being executed. When I switch off externalization, it works again. See this ...
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pgfplots: externalization and legend referencing

There are some issues when using the pgfplots option legend to name together with externalization. When I disable externalization, everything works fine. When I enable externalization, I get an error ...