compile_tikzpicture: Wraps and compiles a tikzpicture
In kylebutts/kfbmisc: Collection of Functions that I Find Useful

compile_tikzpicture

R Documentation

Wraps and compiles a tikzpicture

Description

Takes the output of tikzDevice::tikz with standalone = FALSE, wraps into a latex document and then compiles using latexmk, cleaning up as it goes.

Usage

compile_tikzpicture(
  filename,
  packages = NULL,
  pre_begin_document = NULL,
  recompile = TRUE,
  create_png = FALSE
)

Arguments

`filename`	Character. Filename of a tikzpicture in `.tex` file
`packages`	Vector of strings. If no `⁠\⁠` is detected, then this is assumed to be an absolute file paths to a `.sty` file to include in preamble. Default is my `paper.sty` and `math.sty` in `inst/tikzsave`.
`pre_begin_document`	Verbatim text to include right before `⁠\begin{document}⁠`
`recompile`	Logical. If FALSE, does not update if pdf date is newer than the tex date.
`create_png`	Logical. If true, will also output a png in addition to the pdf.