.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "gallery/low_level_tikz.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_low_level_tikz.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_low_level_tikz.py:


Low-level Tikz commands
========================

Use more low-level features of Tikz for added flexibility.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import pykz








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Make sure to open a new figure, otherwise, you may keep adding to one created in a previous script.

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.. code-block:: Python


    pykz.figure()





.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none


    TikzPicture()



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You can define your own styles, like one would using ``tikzset``.
These styles automatically get added to the tikz code, so you can refer
to their names in any draw, fill, node, ... command that follows.

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.. code-block:: Python


    pykz.define_style("arrow", **{">": "stealth", "->": True})

    pykz.line([(-1, 0), (1, 0)], arrow=True)
    pykz.line([(0, -1), (0, 1)], arrow=True)

    # Export your tex code as a standalone file
    pykz.save("low_level_tikz.tex", standalone=True)

    # You could also directly build the pdf
    pykz.io.export_pdf_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")




.. image-sg:: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_low_level_tikz_001.png
   :alt: low level tikz
   :srcset: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_low_level_tikz_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none


    'low_level_tikz.pdf'



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Alternatively, output it to png

.. code-block:: python

  pykz.io.export_png_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")

Or, save the Tikz code to a temporary file, compile it, and open the pdf in the default viewer.
This would be the equivalent to ``plt.show()``

.. code-block:: python

  pykz.preview()




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Alternatively, use the high-level functions

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.. code-block:: Python


    fig = pykz.figure()
    fig.set_option(">", "stealth")
    pykz.arrow([(-1, 0), (1, 0)])
    pykz.arrow([(0, -1), (0, 1)])

    # Export your tex code as a standalone file
    pykz.save("low_level_tikz.tex", standalone=True)
    # You could also directly build the pdf
    pykz.io.export_pdf_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")




.. image-sg:: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_low_level_tikz_002.png
   :alt: low level tikz
   :srcset: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_low_level_tikz_002.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none


    'low_level_tikz.pdf'



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Alternatively, output it to png

.. code-block:: python

  pykz.io.export_png_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")

Or, save the Tikz code to a temporary file, compile it, and open the pdf in the default viewer.
This would be the equivalent to ``plt.show()``

.. code-block:: python

  pykz.preview()





.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 0.529 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_low_level_tikz.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: low_level_tikz.ipynb <low_level_tikz.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: low_level_tikz.py <low_level_tikz.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: low_level_tikz.zip <low_level_tikz.zip>`


.. include:: low_level_tikz.recommendations


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_