Can I make \includegraphics[draft] ignore the file on disk for speed up?

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I am compiling documents with hundreds, potentially thousands of images. \includegraphics[draft]{foo} is still rather slow - it seems to read the images on disk to figure out how big they shall be.

But when I pass both width and height, this should not be necessary. Can I make \includegraphics[draft] not look at the files on disk, somehow? This would allow me to run multiple passes without graphics, followed by a single run with graphics.

I need to remember to check graphics.pdf (and not only graphicx.pdf) next time. Thanks, @DavidCarlisle! — bers, Sep 07 '21 at 19:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '21 at 19:24

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\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

Will do what you ask.

answered Sep 07 '21 at 19:24

David Carlisle

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Can I make \includegraphics[draft] ignore the file on disk for speed up?

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