Latex compiling with "redefined" commands

Question

is there a way to pass these strings:

\let\includegraphicsbak\includegraphics
\renewcommand*{\includegraphics}[2][]{\fbox{\includegraphicsbak[#1]{#2}}}

by command-line?

I tried:

 latex "\let\includegraphicsbak\includegraphics \renewcommand*{\includegraphics}[2][]{\fbox{\includegraphicsbak[#1]{#2}}} \input{myfile.tex}"

but, obviously, it doesn't work because the compiler complains about "\includegraphics is undefined" (at that point). Any idea to fix that?

@Johannes_B I need to "temporarily" compile this way to visually check what figures need to be trimmed. It would be a command called by an emacs script. — Gabriele, Jun 18 '17 at 06:39
Would using a different page colour an alternative way to judge what needs to be trimmed? — Johannes_B, Jun 18 '17 at 06:40
@Johannes_B Nice idea! I'll give it a try! (but how to do that by command line?) — Gabriele, Jun 18 '17 at 06:45
\RequirePackage{xcolor}\pagecolor{yellow!50!white} (untested) — Johannes_B, Jun 18 '17 at 06:53
You could try on the commsnd line \AtBeginDocument{....}. (untested) — Ulrike Fischer, Jun 18 '17 at 06:55
@UlrikeFischer Thank you! It works! You solved my problem. I think you should post a complete answer to my question so I could accept it. — Gabriele, Jun 18 '17 at 07:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '17 at 09:04

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You can delay your redefinition by using \AtBeginDocument{....}:

 latex "\AtBeginDocument{\let\includegraphicsbak\includegraphics \renewcommand*{\includegraphics}[2][]{\fbox{\includegraphicsbak[#1]{#2}}}} \input{myfile.tex}"

answered Jun 18 '17 at 09:04

Ulrike Fischer

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Latex compiling with "redefined" commands

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