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I'm running in a bizar problem with \spy: it does not spy there where I specify. To illustrate the problem, here is my simple code:

\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{spy}
\listfiles             % not relevant, just shows my setup
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[%
   spy using outlines={circle, magnification=1, size=1cm, connect spies}]

   \fill [gray] (0,0) rectangle (2,3);
   \spy on (1,1.5) in node at (-2,1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I run xelatex spy.tex on my MacOS (Snow Leopard) 

This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (TeX Live 2011) 
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./spy.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
[..]
Preview: Fontsize 10pt
Preview: PDFoutput 1
ABD: EveryShipout initializing macros
Preview: Tightpage -1864679 -1864679 1864679 1864679
[1] (./spy.aux)

 *File List*
standalone.cls    2011/04/07 v0.4a Class to compile TeX sub-files standalone
kvoptions.sty    2010/12/23 v3.10 Keyval support for LaTeX options (HO)
  keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
 ltxcmds.sty    2011/04/18 v1.20 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
kvsetkeys.sty    2011/04/07 v1.13 Key value parser (HO)
infwarerr.sty    2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
etexcmds.sty    2011/02/16 v1.5 Prefix for e-TeX command names (HO)
ifluatex.sty    2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
 article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
standalone.cfg    2011/04/07 v0.4a Default configuration file for     'standalone' 
class
 preview.sty    2010/02/14 11.86 (AUCTeX/preview-latex)
prtightpage.def
    tikz.sty    2010/10/13 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.76)
     pgf.sty    2008/01/15 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.12)
  pgfrcs.sty    2010/10/25 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.24)
everyshi.sty    2001/05/15 v3.00 EveryShipout Package (MS)
  pgfrcs.code.tex
 pgfcore.sty    2010/04/11 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.7)
graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
graphics.sty    2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
    trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg    2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
   xetex.def    2009/11/22 v0.94 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX (RRM/JK)

  pgfsys.sty    2010/06/30 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.37)
  pgfsys.code.tex
pgfsyssoftpath.code.tex    2008/07/18  (rcs-revision 1.7)
pgfsysprotocol.code.tex    2006/10/16  (rcs-revision 1.4)
  xcolor.sty    2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
 pgfcore.code.tex
pgfcomp-version-0-65.sty    2007/07/03 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.7)
pgfcomp-version-1-18.sty    2007/07/23 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.1)
  pgffor.sty    2010/03/23 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.18)
 pgfkeys.sty    
 pgfkeys.code.tex
  pgffor.code.tex
    tikz.code.tex
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[..]

and eventually I'm getting image

image

I noticed that there is something wrong with the "border", cause I can "move" the spying location by setting a different border. A border of "2.1cm" for example renders into image

image

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    It works fine with pdflatex for me, but using xelatex I get the same behaviour as described by the OP. – Jake Jun 15 '12 at 17:12
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    And with article in place of standalone, I get an empty left circle. – egreg Jul 12 '12 at 13:25
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    coincidentally I think the answer I just gave in a different question probably applies: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/62953/no-content-in-zoom-tikz-spy/63004#63004 – kgr Jul 12 '12 at 13:38
  • Perhaps this should be merged with the question kgr linked to? It feels like the same problem… – Seamus Jul 12 '12 at 13:43
  • @kgr Can you also write up a small answer such that this really becomes an answer that we would refer to in the future. The one that you linked is a little too complicated on details and this one is more lucid (imho!). – percusse Jul 12 '12 at 15:29
  • @percusse sure, I went ahead and did so. Though, did you have in mind me putting all the information from that answer here? – kgr Jul 12 '12 at 21:29
  • @kgr Thank you. I think this is enough but if you would like to expand on the cause, I'll be happy to read it. – percusse Jul 12 '12 at 21:56

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It appears that there is a bug in spy that affects xelatex and dvips (but not pdflatex). As far as I can tell this bug isn't fixed in any released version of pgf, but it does appear to be fixed in CVS, so your best bets may be to install the development version, or compile using pdflatex if possible. More details in this answer.

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