How can I only compile and show a part of an document in TeXStudio

Question

In my special case I want to place a text in a graphic via overpic. It always takes quite long to compile and show the whole document or also even the whole chapter (I think because there are some graphics in it). Is there a possibility that only that one graphic with the text (it's all in an figure section) gets compiled and is shown?

\documentclass[11pt, a4paper, twoside]{scrreprt} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}      
\usepackage{pgfplots}  
\usepackage{overpic}   
\usepackage{amssymb}    
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[!h]
    \centering
    \begin{overpic}
        [width=0.3\textwidth]{sample_layout}
        \put(40,60){pin1}
    \end{overpic}
    \caption{scheme}
    \label{fig:sample_layout} 
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Could you please explain better? I have understood very little. What would you like to do? Is there an image you could insert, or, even better, a small LaTeX code? — Sebastiano, Aug 05 '18 at 20:46
Play with your graphic in its own file and when you're done copy the thing back into your document. — Skillmon, Aug 05 '18 at 20:50
Presumably you have an \begin{overpic}...\end{overpic} environment? You can try the inline preview (highlight the entire environment, right click and select Preview selection/parenthesis). — Troy, Aug 05 '18 at 20:53
I've already tried that but where can I find the preview then? — Steradiant, Aug 06 '18 at 07:17
@vogs It should appear inline (right below your code in the editor view). — Troy, Aug 06 '18 at 11:52
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Troy · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-07T18:08:04.000

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You can use inline preview: Highlight the relevant section that you want to compile (here, the overpic environment), right click and select Preview selection. The preview will appear below your code (by default), and updates automatically when you change anything within the preview selection block.

GIF:

(I'm not clicking 'compile' or any other buttons in between the changes you see below in the gif.)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{overpic, color}

\begin{document}
    \begin{overpic}[abs,unit=1mm,scale=.25,grid]{example-image}
        \put(3,15){\color{blue}\huge\LaTeX}
    \end{overpic}
\end{document}

Note that this functionality extends to environments like equations, inline math, tables (tabular) etc. as well.

The relevant settings for this can be found in Options -> Configure TeXstudio -> Preview.

Addendum

As of TXS 2.12.10, TeXstudio uses the preview + varwidth packages for the inline preview functionality mentioned above. preview doesn't play well with floating environments (like figure), so it's best to just stick to previewing non-floating stuff.

The 'error' that you receive when you try to inline preview a floating environment is the well-known "not in outer par mode" error.

For your specific case, it works if you just preview the overpic environment by itself (proof):

edited Aug 07 '18 at 18:08

answered Aug 06 '18 at 12:41

Troy

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Thanks! Tried that but I always get the following error:Process started: pdflatex.exe -interaction=nonstopmode -ini "&pdflatex hB13868 \dump"
Process started: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "F13868".tex

Process exited with error(s)
– Steradiant Aug 07 '18 at 12:38
@vogs Please provide the non-working example. If I can't reproduce it, I can't help. – Troy Aug 07 '18 at 12:41
Code sample added – Steradiant Aug 07 '18 at 15:31
@vogs see updated answer. don't preview the figure environment, just the overpic environment. it should work. – Troy Aug 07 '18 at 17:15
How did you create the animation? – Display Name Dec 24 '18 at 07:04

How can I only compile and show a part of an document in TeXStudio

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