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I'm trying to scale a tikzpicture to \textwidth like this question. And this answer suggests to use package tikzscale.

I follow the document to build an example myself:

%example.tex
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikzscale}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{linewidth.tikz}
\end{document}

%linewidth.tikz
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) – node {center} (\linewidth,1);
\end{tikzpicture}

Compiling with $ xelatex example.tex, I got

! Package tikz Error: Giving up on this path. Did you forget a semicolon?.

See the tikz package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...


l.2 \draw (0,0) –
                    node {center} (\linewidth,1);

What is wrong here?

Rahn
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  • you can try this \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz,lipsum} \begin{document} \lipsum[1] \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) rectangle (\linewidth,1cm); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \lipsum[2] \end{document} – Black Mild Jan 21 '21 at 12:07
  • BTW: never use the minimal class, it is not intended for public use. Use article or simular – daleif Jan 21 '21 at 12:41
  • Hmm, tikzscale is quite old, both tikz and graphicx have been updated quite a lot since 2013 – daleif Jan 21 '21 at 12:57

1 Answers1

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You have a syntax error in the tikz-file – should be --

\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) -- node {center} (\linewidth,1);
\end{tikzpicture}
Ulrike Fischer
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