[Tex/LaTex] How to set TikZ figure size and font size to match the doc

gnuplotlyxtikz-pgf

After some configuration nightmare i've managed to print out GNU Octave plots (via gnuplot) to tikz-pgf and display it in my LyX document..

%& -shell-escape -enable-write18

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{gnuplot-lua-tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[gnuplot, scale = 1]

%% generated with GNUPLOT 4.6p0 (Lua 5.1; terminal rev. 99, script rev. 100)
%% Sun Jun 10 03:14:21 2012
\path (0.000,0.000) rectangle (8.000,6.000);
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\gpsetlinetype{gp lt border}
\gpsetlinewidth{0.50}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,0.985)--(1.263,0.985);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,0.985)--(7.196,0.985);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,0.985) {0};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,1.759)--(1.263,1.759);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,1.759)--(7.196,1.759);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,1.759) {0.5};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,2.534)--(1.263,2.534);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,2.534)--(7.196,2.534);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,2.534) {1};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,3.308)--(1.263,3.308);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,3.308)--(7.196,3.308);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,3.308) {1.5};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,4.082)--(1.263,4.082);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,4.082)--(7.196,4.082);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,4.082) {2};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,4.857)--(1.263,4.857);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,4.857)--(7.196,4.857);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,4.857) {2.5};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,5.631)--(1.263,5.631);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,5.631)--(7.196,5.631);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node right,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (0.828,5.631) {3};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,0.985)--(1.012,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (1.012,5.631)--(1.012,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (1.012,0.677) {0};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (2.085,0.985)--(2.085,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (2.085,5.631)--(2.085,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (2.085,0.677) {0.5};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (3.157,0.985)--(3.157,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (3.157,5.631)--(3.157,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (3.157,0.677) {1};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (4.230,0.985)--(4.230,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (4.230,5.631)--(4.230,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (4.230,0.677) {1.5};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (5.302,0.985)--(5.302,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (5.302,5.631)--(5.302,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (5.302,0.677) {2};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (6.375,0.985)--(6.375,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (6.375,5.631)--(6.375,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (6.375,0.677) {2.5};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (7.447,0.985)--(7.447,1.236);
\draw[gp path] (7.447,5.631)--(7.447,5.380);
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{10pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (7.447,0.677) {3};
\gpcolor{color=gp lt color border}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,5.631)--(1.012,0.985)--(7.447,0.985)--(7.447,5.631)--cycle;
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,0.000}}
\node[gp node center,font={\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont}] at (4.229,0.215) {$\partial$};
\gpcolor{rgb color={0.000,0.000,1.000}}
\gpsetlinetype{gp lt plot 0}
\draw[gp path] (1.012,0.985)--(1.227,1.140)--(1.441,1.295)--(1.656,1.450)--(1.870,1.604)%
  --(2.085,1.759)--(2.299,1.914)--(2.514,2.069)--(2.728,2.224)--(2.943,2.379)--(3.157,2.534)%
  --(3.372,2.689)--(3.586,2.843)--(3.801,2.998)--(4.015,3.153)--(4.230,3.308)--(4.444,3.463)%
  --(4.659,3.618)--(4.873,3.773)--(5.088,3.927)--(5.302,4.082)--(5.517,4.237)--(5.731,4.392)%
  --(5.946,4.547)--(6.160,4.702)--(6.375,4.857)--(6.589,5.012)--(6.804,5.166)--(7.018,5.321)%
  --(7.233,5.476)--(7.447,5.631);
%% coordinates of the plot area
\gpdefrectangularnode{gp plot 1}{\pgfpoint{1.012cm}{0.985cm}}{\pgfpoint{7.447cm}{5.631cm}}
\end{tikzpicture}
%% gnuplot variables


\end{document}

enter image description here

Now I have two questions:

How to scale the whole image, such that it's width matches my LyX text width?
How to set the figure's font size in terms of multiples of the LyX text font size?

Help is much appreciated.

Best Answer

you can try this

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]
\noindent\begin{tikzpicture}[ xscale = \textwidth/8cm]
\path[draw] (0.000,0.000) rectangle (8.000,6.000);

\end{tikzpicture}

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

enter image description here

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The source of the difficulty is that ellipses are constructed in a particular way in TikZ. They are paths that start from the x-axis and proceed counter-clockwise around their centre. The vast majority of the time, the exact parametrisation doesn't matter. You appear to have found the one situation where it does!

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
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\makeatletter
\let\origpgfpathellipse=\pgfpathellipse
\def\revpgfpathellipse#1#2#3{%
  #2%
  \pgf@xa=-\pgf@x
  \origpgfpathellipse{#1}{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xa}{0pt}}{#3}}
\makeatother

\tikzset{
  reversed ellipse/.style={
    ellipse,
    reverse the ellipse%
  },
  reverse the ellipse/.code={
    \let\pgfpathellipse=\revpgfpathellipse
  }
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[ellipse,
  draw,
  postaction={
    decorate,
    decoration={
      markings,
      mark=at position 1 with {
        \arrow[line width=5pt,blue]{>}
      }
    }
  }
] at (0,0) {hello world};

\node[reversed ellipse,
  draw,
  postaction={
    decorate,
    decoration={
      markings,
      mark=at position 1 with {
        \arrow[line width=5pt,blue]{>}
      }
    }
  }
] at (0,-2) {hello world};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Here's the result:

rotated ellipse

(the arrow got clipped, but you can see where it lies)

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