The standalone bundle allows users to easily place picture environments or other material in own source files and compile these on their own or as part of a main document
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How to make a smarter cropping with standalone or preview packages?
The arrow tail at the bottom left corner is not properly cropped.
\documentclass[tikz,border=0pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3,line width=3pt]
...
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The perfect pdfcrop
I need a "perfect" pdfcrop, one that crops exactly to the edge of the figure or text for alignment issues as a graphic in other programs. I'm aware of the standalone package, and have gone through ...
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Standalone package creates a page with a fixed width
Recently I found the standalone package. I am using it to create figures and such in external files. But everytime content is created the width of the page seems to be fixed, it does not shrink to the ...
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How to make a standalone document with one equation?
I was surprised to find that standalone package can not compile a document with an equation:
\documentclass{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation} % not working!
F(V, T) = E(V) + D(T)
...
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Standalone producing cropped / truncated formulae
I'm using standalone to produce, well, standalone formulae. However, sometimes they end up being cropped too close and parts get left off. I'm including a sample .tex file and output. What can I do to ...
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Nested standalone files with standalone package
Is it possible to nest files with the standalone package? I have something like the following:
In A.tex:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{standalone}
\begin{document}
\input{B}
\end{document}
...
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votes
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Why is there extra whitespace to the left of this standalone document when using siunitx?
I'm using the standalone document class. Here is a minimal working example:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
Hello world
\end{document}
The problem ...
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Missing \endgroup error for Beamer standalone with subpreambles option [closed]
I am trying to use Martin Scharrer's nifty standalone package to put a Beamer animation into a standalone file. Here is a minimal example that demonstrates the error I am running into. The subfile, ...
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votes
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TikZ to non-PDF
How do I tell TikZ to output to a standalone image file? Like JPG, PNG, etc?
Yes, there is a way to output it to PDF, then do a snapshot. But this is for mathematical-visual comparisons, and I need ...
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votes
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Build cropped PDF image from LaTeX
I have created an image with pgfplots in a separate file and want to add the PDF that is built from that as an image in my report. The problem is that the image PDF created is a complete A4 format.
...
8
votes
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Latex Standalone always rebuilds / apostroph in filename?
I have started toying around with Martin Scharrer's standalone package because tikz external does not work with todonotes and I feel that the workflow for standalone makes more sense as far as I have ...
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votes
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gnuplot true standalone
Finally I have decided to go PDF. I can add pictures without EPS wrapper, and do drawings with TikZ - life is good :o)
But how do I use gnuplot? For consistency I would like to use the tikz terminal, ...
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votes
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Avoid paragraph due to trailing empty line in standalone file
Using my standalone class and package it is possible to compile diagrams etc. inside own files stand-alone or as part of a main document. However, a common user error is to keep an empty line between ...
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votes
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auto-pst-pdf produces a confusing error message
Actually I don't want to use auto-pst-pdf forever. But Harish Kumar (in his comment) requested to use it for the sake of simplicity. I tried it several decades ago and it did not work. The MWE below ...
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votes
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algorithmicx crashes standalone
I am creating SVG files from different stuff from my LaTeX document. For this, I am using the standalone package followed by pdf2svg.
This compiles:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithmicx}
...
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votes
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How to use the standalone package in beamer?
I have a beamer presentation that shows a lot of graphs (in the sense
of graph theory) and it takes a lot to compile. I think that the
standalone package might help me but I cannot see how. Let us say
...
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votes
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Package incompatibilites: etoolbox, hyperref, and bm, standalone?
I am trying to transition to using the etoolbox package, but seem to have run into some difficulties and they appear related to the hyperref and bm packages which to me seem totally unrelated. The ...
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votes
1answer
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\usepackage{enumitem} produces “Environment description undefined” error
If I run pdflatex on the following:
\documentclass[class=minimal,border=0pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\usepackage{upquote}
% \usepackage{enumitem}
...
6
votes
1answer
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Without playing with “border” option of “standalone”, how to remove the top white space?
Without playing with border option of standalone, how to remove the top white space?
\documentclass[preview]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\abovedisplayskip=0pt
\[
F(V, T) = ...
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votes
1answer
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Is it possible to place standalone graphics in subdirectories
When using standalone sub-directories do not seem to work properly.
While
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[subpreambles,mode=buildnew]{standalone} %standalone tikz
\begin{document}
...
6
votes
1answer
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Standalone document with chapter
When compiling large documents (with chapters) it is often useful to put different parts in separate files. I do this with the standalone-documentclass for all my tikzpictures. That way I can compile ...
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votes
1answer
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How to remove the white space on the top of the following table?
How to remove the white space on the top of the following table?
\documentclass[preview,border=0pt,varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{longtable}
...
6
votes
1answer
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tikz picture inside a tabular environment
Why does the following code fail to compile?
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\tikzset{every path/.style={line width=0.66em}}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
$<$ 1 hour & \tikz \draw ...
6
votes
1answer
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Get {standalone} to ignore blocks of text from \input files (e.g., \begin{spacing} and \maketitle)
I've got a number of separate .tex files that are all \documentclass{article}. I'm inputting these into a \documentclass{book} file as chapters. In the book.tex file, then, I've got inputs like this:
...
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votes
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How can I make a standalone document loading siunitx work?
I've got a standalone document that uses siunitx:
% subdocument.tex
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\SI{10}{\kilo\newton}
\end{document}
I'd like to include this ...
5
votes
1answer
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Force minimum paper size in “standalone” (or use an alternative)
I compile small latex math snippets using the standalone document class. I rasterize the resulting PDF to a PNG image using ImageMagick and finally include these images in some HTML document. However, ...
5
votes
1answer
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\documentclass[convert]{standalone} ignores linebreak
I tried to combine this answer Compile a LaTeX document into a PNG image that's as short as possible
with my answer Add column in a table
But the pdflatex -shell-escape table.tex ignores ...
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votes
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standalone figure and tabular
I'd like to generate a standalone pdf containing a pgf/tikz image and a tabular.
I'm almost getting the desired result but there is a paragraph between the image and the tabular that breaks my layout ...
5
votes
2answers
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Empty space in standalone document with textopo
The question is related to similar issues with standalone package: lots of empty space is added in addition to the desired figure. However, this time no empty paragraphs in source code. My MWE:
...
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votes
1answer
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How to eliminate spacing in tikzpicture?
It seems that, when using Tikz, nodes and/or the tikzpicture environment add space around a drawing. An example is shown in the following MWE, where a simple square is drawn three times. First it is ...
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votes
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Problem with preview package (and standalone class) with tikz
I updated MacTeX recently with TeX Live Manager and I installed the last tikz/pgf CVS (02/12/2011) and I got a problem with the standalone class. The size of the picture seems fine but nothing is ...
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votes
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LaTeX math whitespace
when I try to display a math equation with LaTeX, there is always whitespace to the right and left of the math equation. I am trying it with code like this:
\documentclass{standalone}
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4
votes
3answers
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A correct bounding box for a standalone logo
Writing
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\begin{document}
\begin{varwidth}{\linewidth}
{\em line 1}
{\em line 2}
\end{varwidth}
\end{document}
produces an incorrect bounding ...
4
votes
1answer
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standalonetrue / standalonefalse?
You can use \standalonefalse to specify the parent document for which all sub-documents should be considered sub-documents, I think.
Is it possible to re-enable standalone with something like ...
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votes
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Inserting three minipages in the same line
I'm trying to insert three minipages, side by side, in a line, but I'm failing miserably.
Here's what I've been able to do so far:
% ...
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votes
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Problem with content location with standalone package
I'm trying to create multiple pages with varying page heights using the standalone package. When I try to run my file (using XeLaTeX on a mac) the content gets shifted up and to the left so that it's ...
4
votes
1answer
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How to remove the unwanted space on the left side of the following gather*?
\documentclass[preview,border=12pt,varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\abovedisplayskip=0pt\relax
\begin{gather*}
6x^2-30x+36=0\\
6(x^2-5x+6)=0\\
6(x-2)(x-3)=0\\
x-2=0 \quad ...
4
votes
1answer
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Problem when using \nocite together with the standalone package
Given:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{standalone}
\begin{document}
\input{inclusion}
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{test}
\end{document}
With:
\documentclass{minimal}
...
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votes
2answers
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size of barcode in pspicture
I´m on a way to create a barcode with pst-barcode. How can I get a suitable pspicture environment in a standalone class? In the following example the top and right borders are too big.
% run with ...
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votes
1answer
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Corrupted TeXLive2012 installation? (Option clash for currfile)
Background:
As per Manually copy older TeXLive2011 from one Mac to a new Mac, I attempted to get TeXLive2010 and TeXLive2011 (with the latest libraries) on a newer mac. The older releases are not ...
4
votes
1answer
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standalone: varwidth option limits output width?
It seems, that the varwidth option for the standalone class limits the output width.
The problem is produced in the following example:
\documentclass[10pt,crop,varwidth]{standalone}
...
4
votes
1answer
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How to use the standalone package with emacs
This is a follow-up question from A simpleton's guide to (...)TeX workflow with emacs.
The main answer stated that it is possible to use emacs together with standalone: the question is how?
The ...
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votes
1answer
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Is standalone compatible with ignorenonframetext beamer's option?
Until now I've been using standalone to produce cropped figures which are included with \includegraphics command in beamer presentations and articles (beamerarticle) compiled from same source file. ...
4
votes
1answer
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Using the standalone package with a FMT file
I am trying to use TeX's ability to dump a "format" file along with the standalone package. There are four scenarios to consider, and I can get all but 1 working.
First - the files I'm using. There ...
4
votes
2answers
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Making a series of child TeX files and including them as “chapters” in a parent file?
I want to build a big PDF of multiple TeX files which will all have the same preamble. They'll have \newcommand and \renewcommand as well as \usepackage and \documentclass because each file should be ...
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Including pictures in subdirectories with standalone package
After using standalone package extensively, I ran into one problem, which I cannot solve. The problem is that I need to include a TikZ picture in main files subdirectory. What is more I want to build ...
3
votes
2answers
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Detect value of option given to documentclass
I would like to be able to detect if the standalone package was used with [preview=false] or [preview=true]. Not too concerned if this setting was a default or user defined.
Based on How can one ...
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votes
1answer
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How to preserve the indentation when using standalone or preview?
The following output has no correct paragraph indentation after incorporating standalone documentclass or preview package.
\documentclass[border=12pt,preview]{standalone}
\parindent=12pt% does not ...
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votes
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Conversion problem using standalone and imagemagick
I'm trying to convert a table to png format using Imagemagick
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,border=8pt,convert=true]{standalone}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{siunitx}
...
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votes
1answer
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Errors using standalone package to create a table
I'm learning using standalone package. I tried to create a page including a table but I got errors:
Error
Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. \begin{table}
Something's wrong--perhaps a ...
