Remove images from draft, even the ones defined in a {figure*}

Question

I'm trying to compile a draft of my .tex document, leaving out all the figures. The answer given here, ie:

\usepackage{comment}
\excludecomment{figure}
\let\endfigure\relax

works for images included in a \begin{figure} block, but not for a \begin{figure*} one.

I tried adding a \excludecomment{figure*} line to the above block, but I get an error:

Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. [\end{figure*}]

How can I exclude all images from the final PDF?

yo' · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-23T21:53:14.213

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I believe that this should work, but it's untested (you have not provided a minimal (non-)working example; if it does not work, let me know and I'll delete the answer; or, provide a MWE):

\usepackage{comment}
\excludecomment{figure}
\let\endfigure\relax
\expandafter\let\csname figure*\endcsname\figure
\expandafter\let\csname endfigure*\endcsname\endfigure

The problem is that you can't work with names containing * out of the box. This is a "hack" to make the figure* environment do exactly the same as figure.

edited Feb 23 '16 at 21:53

answered Feb 23 '16 at 21:46

yo'

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Works perfectly yo', thank you very much! (Sorry for not posting a MWE, will try not to be so lazy next time) – Gabriel Feb 23 '16 at 21:48

Remove images from draft, even the ones defined in a {figure*}

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