[Tex/LaTex] Using psfragfig: Error processing graphic

graphics

I am generating an eps and a tex file using matlabfrag, and am trying to include these graphics using pstools as

\begin{figure}[ht]
        \centering
        \psfragfig*[width=0.55\textwidth]{pics/figure1}{}
        \caption{my caption}
\end{figure}

or inside a minipage as

\begin{minipage}{0.55\textwidth}
    \centering
    \psfragfig*[width=0.55\textwidth]{pics/figure1}{}
    \captionof{figure}{my caption}
\end{minipage}

On rare occasions it works just fine (after compiling 100 times), but most of the time I end up with a red frame in the PDF saying "An error occured processing graphic […] check the log file for compilation errors". However, Texniccenter is not giving me any compilation errors, nor can I find any in the log-file of the graphic.

I am using Texniccenter with Miktex 2.9. I am passing the following line to the compiler:

-max-print-line=120 -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape "%wm"

Been stuck on this for days now, any help greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Results from debugging with mode=errorstop as pstool option

There seems to be some problem in the .aux files created. If I delete all .aux files before compiling, the figures are displayed correctly, and there is no error. I can then set \usepackage[process=none]{pstool} and everything is fine.
Compiling the report a second time with [process=all] however triggers errors.

The errors vary depending on where the figures are and how many there are, and how the figures are included, but most of the errors contain a "latex: Bad file descriptor" at some point.
Here is a small selection:

latex: file ended while scanning use of @writefile
! File  ended while scanning us of \@newl@bel
Can't use spacefactor in vertical mode

It looks like the problem arises as soon as I have more than 5 figures spread out in the document. Having more, but all in one place, works fine, so does having e.g. 2 in one place and 3 in the other. I wish I could be more specific, but the errors seem to appear so randomly it's hard to pinpoint anything.

Best Answer

The pstool package uses the error flag of the compilation/typesetting stage to determine if the typesetting has succeeded or not, so if you're seeing that red box there must be an error somewhere in the chain.

To help track down such problems, load pstool with the following option:

\usepackage[mode=errorstop]{pstool}

and use -interaction=errorstopmode in texniccentre; this will show up all output as it comes scrolling through, and will pause when an error occurs.

In the event that the figure typesetting succeeds, this would indicate there's a subsequent problem converting the DVI to PS and then to PDF (and then maybe cropping it). Try and run those steps manually on the pics/figure1.dvi file (or whatever) that results in this case. Since you're using Windows, it's not impossible there's a ghostscript error or something along those lines in the way that pstool is attempting to convert the file.

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Hei, you just need to run it by using "PDFlatex" instead of using "texify"

Here is the process to do so:

In winedit go to the "Tex" option, then "PDF" option and then click on "PDFLatex". You will be able to add .jpg/.png any picture format in your LaTeX. Remember to use \usepackage{graphicx} in the beginning. I am attaching the snapshot for your convenience. Hope your problem will work. :)

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Not really an answer why it does not work for you, but much to long for a comment …

Try the following:

Use a file manager to create a new folder on you file system, e.g., with the new name lyxtest.
Copy file example-image.jpg to that new folder or directory.
Start LyX.
Select File → New (or press Ctrl-N)
Select File → Save as to save the new file as lyxtest.lyx in the folder generated in the first step.
Use Insert → Graphics, select the file example-image.jpg and press OK.
Select File → Save
In LyX you should see something like:

If you now open lyxtest.lyx in a standard text editor it should look similar to (note, this has been made using LyX 2.2.1 not LyX 2.1.1):

#LyX 2.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 508
\begin_document
\begin_header
\save_transient_properties true
\origin unavailable
\textclass article
\use_default_options true
\maintain_unincluded_children false
\language english
\language_package default
\inputencoding auto
\fontencoding global
\font_roman "default" "default"
\font_sans "default" "default"
\font_typewriter "default" "default"
\font_math "auto" "auto"
\font_default_family default
\use_non_tex_fonts false
\font_sc false
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100 100
\font_tt_scale 100 100
\graphics default
\default_output_format default
\output_sync 0
\bibtex_command default
\index_command default
\paperfontsize default
\use_hyperref false
\papersize default
\use_geometry false
\use_package amsmath 1
\use_package amssymb 1
\use_package cancel 1
\use_package esint 1
\use_package mathdots 1
\use_package mathtools 1
\use_package mhchem 1
\use_package stackrel 1
\use_package stmaryrd 1
\use_package undertilde 1
\cite_engine basic
\cite_engine_type default
\biblio_style plain
\use_bibtopic false
\use_indices false
\paperorientation portrait
\suppress_date false
\justification true
\use_refstyle 1
\index Index
\shortcut idx
\color #008000
\end_index
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\paragraph_indentation default
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\html_math_output 0
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\end_header

\begin_body

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Graphics
        filename example-image.jpg

\end_inset


\end_layout

\end_body
\end_document

Select Document → View [PDF (pdflatex)]

You should get something like:

If this was successful, inserting of JPEG does work. Let's start again with insertion of an EPS:

Create a new folder on you file system, e.g., with the new name lyxtesteps.
Copy file example-image.eps to the new folder.
Start LyX.
Select File → New (or press Ctrl-N)
Select File → Save as to save the new file as lyxtesteps.lyx in the folder lyxtesteps generated in the first step.
Use Insert → Graphics, select the file example-image.eps and press OK.
Select File → Save

If you now compare lyxtest.lyx and lyxtesteps.lyx you will find, that it differs only in line:

   filename example-image.jpg

vs.

   filename example-image.eps

Select Document → View [PDF (pdflatex)].

You will see the same result as above. But if you have a look at the temporary directory used by LyX (you can find the location of the directory in Tools → Preferences… → Paths, open it with a file manager and look for a folder with lyx in its name) you will find there not only *example-image.eps but also *example-image.pdf. And the lyxtesteps.tex in the temporary directory will look like:

\batchmode
\makeatletter
\def\input@path{{/home/schweinebacke/lyxtesteps/}}
\makeatother
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{1_home_schweinebacke_lyxtesteps_example-image.pdf}
\end{document}

So indeed LyX has converted the eps file into a pdf file.

Do one last step:

Select File → Export → LaTeX (pdflatex)

This would create the file lyxtesteps.tex in the directory lyxtesteps of the first step in this session. It should look like:

%% LyX 2.2.1 created this file.  For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{example-image}
\end{document}

And you will find also the new file example-image.pdf in the same directory. Now you can run pdflatex for lyxtesteps.tex and would also get the result:

Note: If you use a new LyX you can even copy the LyX file shown above into a text editor (e.g. vi, kate, texmaker), save it as lyxtest.lyx and open this file with LyX. But I do not know whether or not LyX 2.1.1 can open a file from LyX 2.2.1. Nevertheless, you can do the steps with your LyX and add the result into your question if it is not successful. You even can export a TeX file, see if this also creates a PDF from an imported EPS and show use the TeX file in your question.

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