Bug : The "-po, --pictureoptions" argument should not contains quotes after processing

[sebma]

Hi,

This bug is for real this time :)

Here is what I get I Jupyter Notebook :

%tikz --showlatex -po "node distance=\layersep" \input{neuralNetwork.tikz}
\documentclass[convert={convertexe={convert},density=300,size=400x240,outext=.png},border=0pt]{standalone}
        \usepackage[]{tikz}

\usepackage{}
            
\usetikzlibrary{}
            

            
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,"node distance=\layersep"]
        \input{neuralNetwork.tikz}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

BTW : layersep is a variable defined neuralNetwork.tikz as this : \def\layersep{2.5cm}

You can be solve this by doing this in your code :

picture_options·=·args.pictureoptions.strip('"')

[ballynakill-waif]

I'm not sure exactly how you managed to work around this bug.
I've been following tutorials from the few that utilized this project and I can't get it to work:
my first cell says:

tikz_env = "node distance=2cm"
picture_options·=·args.pictureoptions.strip('"')
print(tikz_env)

and this is followed by:

%%tikz -l arrows,positioning -po "$tikz_env" -f png
\node (1) [circle, draw] {Point 1};
\node (2) [circle, draw, below right of=1] {Point 2};
\node (3) [circle, draw, below left of=1] {Point 3};
\node (4) [circle, draw, below of=1] {Point 4};

\draw [->] (1) -- (2);
\draw [->] (2) -- (3);
\draw [->] (3) -- (4);
\draw [->] (4) -- (1);

but the error shows that the string preserves the double quotes:

    ! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/"node distance', to which
     you passed '2cm"', and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.

    See the pgfkeys package documentation for explanation.
    Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
     ...                                              
                                                  
    l.8 ...n{tikzpicture}[scale=1,"node distance=2cm"]
                                                  
    ? 
    ! Emergency stop.
     ...                                              
                                                  
    l.8 ...n{tikzpicture}[scale=1,"node distance=2cm"]
                                                  
    !  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
    Transcript written on tikz.log.

    Executing command:
    convert -density 300 -units PixelsPerInch tikz.pdf -resize 400x240 -quality 90 
    tikz.png


    Class standalone Warning: Conversion unsuccessful!
    (standalone)              There might be something wrong with your
    (standalone)              conversation software or the file permissions!

    ! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/"node distance', to which
     you passed '2cm"', and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.

    See the pgfkeys package documentation for explanation.
    Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
     ...                                              
                                                  
    l.8 ...n{tikzpicture}[scale=1,"node distance=2cm"]
                                                  
    ? 
    ! Emergency stop.
     ...                                              
                                                  
    l.8 ...n{tikzpicture}[scale=1,"node distance=2cm"]
                                                  
    !  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
    Transcript written on tikz.log.

stderr:
    system returned with code 256
   convert: unable to open image 'tikz.pdf': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/
OpenBlob/3571.
    convert: no images defined `tikz.png' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3362.
    system returned with code 256

No image generated.

strange days indeed ...