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I am writing a Latex file that needs to include figures from a directory graphs.
graphs has several sub-directories say, one , two and three. These individually contain several graphics that should be included in the file.
One way is to include every graphic in the file manually. But, that is too cumbersome. Is there a better way to do this?
Put into your preamble:
\graphicspath{{graphs}{graphs/one}{graphs/two}{graphs/three}}
makes sense if you do not have too many subdirectories. Every path is enclosed in braces.
\graphicspath several times in your document to define other search rules.
\graphicspath some common file names are somehow reserved by the system (left.pdf, hand.png). The list of reserved names is moving such that you should always use ./file name instead of just file name in command arguments.
Nov 18, 2021 at 9:28
Here is a solution. Comments will be added later.
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx,ifpdf}
\usepackage{ltxkeys}[2011/12/10]
\makeatletter
\ltxkeys@declarekeys*[KV]{importfiles}[fim@]{
cmd/setorlaunch/set;
cmd/processor/\includegraphics/
\ifltxkeys@dec\else
\ifescapedTF{#1}{}{
\edef\fim@processor{\noexpandcsn\fim@processor}
}
\def\reserved@a##1{
\def\reserved@a####1##1####2####3\@nil{
\def\fim@procnr{####2}
\ifx\fim@procnr\@nnil
\@latex@error{Unknown processor \unexpanded{##1}}\@ehc
\fi
}%
\reserved@a\includegraphics{0}\input{1}\include{2}##1{\@nil}\@nil
}%
\s@expandarg\reserved@a\fim@processor
\fi;
cmd/stuffbefore//;
cmd/stuffafter//;
cmd/fileext/tex/
\ifpdf
\ifinsetTF{#1}{,pdf,png,jpeg,jpg,mps,}
{
\edef\fim@graphicsext{#1}
}{
\def\fim@graphicsext{pdf}
}
\else
\def\fim@graphicsext{eps}
\fi;
cmd/inputpaths/./
\ifltxkeys@dec\else
\def\fim@inputpaths{}
\edef\fim@tempa{#1}
\fim@stripbraces\fim@tempa
% \openin will not take spaces in path or filename:
\edef\fim@tempa{\s@expandarg\cptzapspaces\fim@tempa}
\docommalist*\fim@tempa{
\xifinsetTF{/\relax}{##1\relax}{
\edef\fim@inputpaths{\fim@inputpaths\ifbracedTF{##1}{##1}{{##1}}}
}{
\@latex@error{Inputpath '##1' not ended with slash (/)}\@ehc
}
}
\fi;
cmd/inputpath/./\setaliaskey{inputpaths};
cmd/scale/1;
cmd/\needvalue{width}//;
cmd/\needvalue{height}//;
cmd/\needvalue{viewport}/0 0 100 100;
bool/clip/true;
choice/align.{
center/\def\fim@align{center},
left/\def\fim@align{flushleft},
right/\def\fim@align{flushright},
justified/\def\fim@align{fim@phantomenv}
}/center;
}
% Why didn't I want to say \let\fim@phantomenv\relax?
\new@def*\fim@phantomenv{\relax}
\robust@def*\fim@stripbraces#1{%
\cptstripallbrincs#1\despacecontent#1\cptstripallbrincs#1%
}
\robust@def*\importfiles{\cpt@testopt\fim@importfiles{}}
\robust@def*\fim@importfiles[#1]#2{%
\usename{ltxkeys@\fim@setorlaunch keys}[KV]{importfiles}{#1}%
% Some paths might have been suggested via \input@path
% and/or \graphicspath. So we heed them here.
\edef\fim@currpaths{%
\ifdefTF\input@path\input@path{}%
\ifdefTF\Ginput@path\Ginput@path{}%
\fim@inputpaths
}%
\edef\fim@tempa{\ifmacroTF{#2}\expandcsonce\unexpanded{#2}}%
\docommalist*\fim@tempa{%
\def\currfile{##1}%
\fim@stripbraces\currfile
\def\siso@do####1{%
\def\currpath{####1}%
\fim@stripbraces\currpath
\ifnum\fim@procnr=\z@pt
\let\currfileext\fim@graphicsext
\else
\let\currfileext\fim@fileext
\fi
\edef\fileonpath{\currpath\currfile.\currfileext}%
% Hmm, why don't I want to use \IfFileExists?
\openin\@inputcheck\fileonpath\relax
\ifcondTF\ifeof\@inputcheck\fi{}{%
\typeout{File '\fileonpath' found}%
\closein\@inputcheck
\fim@doimport
}%
}%
\s@expandarg\siso@@loop\fim@currpaths
}%
}
\robust@def*\fim@doimport{%
\fim@stuffbefore
\begintoksgroup
\ifcase\fim@procnr
\toks@{%
\begin{\fim@align}%
\cptexpanded{%
\noexpand\includegraphics
[viewport=\fim@viewport,scale=\fim@scale,
\ifcsemptyTF\fim@height{}{height=\fim@height,}%
\ifcsemptyTF\fim@width{}{width=\fim@width,}%
\iffim@clip,clip\fi]{\fileonpath}%
}%
\end{\fim@align}%
}%
\or
\toks@{\input\fileonpath}%
\or
\toks@{%
\let\fim@savpath\input@path
\edef\input@path{{\currpath}}%
\fiminclude\currfile
\let\input@path\fim@savpath
}%
\fi
\endtoksgroup
\fim@stuffafter
}
\robust@def*\fiminclude#1{%
\relax
\ifnumcmpTF\@auxout=\@partaux{%
\@latex@error{Command \noexpand\fiminclude cannot be nested}\@ehc
}{%
\edef\reserved@a{\cptzapspaces{#1}}%
\s@expandarg\fim@include\reserved@a
}%
}
\robust@def*\fim@include#1{%
\xifinsetTF{.tex\relax}{#1\relax}{%
\def\reserved@a##1.tex\@nil{%
\def\fim@filename{##1}%
}%
\reserved@a#1\@nil
}{%
\def\fim@filename{#1}%
}%
\clearpage\relax
\if@partsw
% I don't know why LaTeX chose to do a loop here. We don't need it here:
\xifinsetTF{,\fim@filename,}{,\fim@partlist,}%
\@tempswatrue\@tempswafalse
\else
\@tempswatrue
\fi
\ifboolTF{@tempswa}{%
\if@filesw
\immediate\write\@mainaux{\string\@input{\[email protected]}}%
\fi
\let\@auxout\@partaux
\if@filesw
\immediate\openout\@partaux\[email protected]
\immediate\write\@partaux{\relax}%
\fi
\@input@{\[email protected]}%
\clearpage\relax
\@writeckpt{\fim@filename}%
\if@filesw
\immediate\closeout\@partaux
\fi
}{%
\deadcycles\z@pt
\@nameuse{cp@\fim@filename}%
}%
\let\@auxout\@mainaux
}
\robust@def*\fimincludeonly#1{%
\@partswtrue
\cptexpandarg{\cptfiltermergecsv\fim@partlist}
{\cptzapspaces{#1}}\nofilter
}
\cptonlypreamble\fimincludeonly
\makeatother
\fimincludeonly{subfile1a}
\begin{document}
\section{Test section}
\importfiles[
processor =includegraphics,
viewport =20 21 590 400,
scale =.25,
inputpaths ={D:/MyTempDoc/Path1/,D:/MyTempDoc/Path2/},
stuffbefore =\bigskip\centering Importing \currfile\space from path \currpath\endgraf,
stuffafter =\endgraf\centering File import succeeded (\currfile).\endgraf
]{
comet1
}
\importfiles[
processor =include,
inputpaths ={D:/MyTempDoc/Path1/,D:/MyTempDoc/Path2/}
]{
subfile1a,subfile1b,subfile1c
}
\importfiles[
processor =\input,
inputpaths ={D:/MyTempDoc/Path1/,D:/MyTempDoc/Path2/}
]{
subfile1a,subfile1b,subfile1c
}
\end{document}
This is only a partial listing of the code. The full version can handle stand-alone documents in the manner of docmute and standalone packages. I will release it as a package.
