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\title{Getting psfrag to work in pdflatex }
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ebgaramond}
\usepackage{newtxmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[process=all]{pstool}
\usepackage{hyperref}
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\providecommand\HyPL@Entry[1]{}
\AddToHook{env/document/begin}{%
\@ifpackageloaded{preview}{
\ifPreview
\let\Hy@FirstPageHook\relax
\let\Hy@EveryPageAnchor\relax
\fi}{}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
You will still need a \texttt{.eps} image file; there is no \texttt{pdffrag} package that works for \texttt{.pdf} files.
If you want to use the \texttt{[process=all]} option for \texttt{pstool}, add a custom \texttt{latexmkrc} file that contains this line:
\begin{verbatim}
$hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'pdf'} = '^/(CreationDate|ModDate|ID) ';
\end{verbatim}
to avoid infinite compiling leading to a timeout on Overleaf.
Alternatively, you may want to work out all the \verb|\psfrag| commands in a separate project with \verb|\usepackage{psfrag}| and the LaTeX+dvipdf engine (see \url{https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/psfrag-example/tggxhgzwrzhn}), and once you've finalised that, copy the code into your main project (using pdflatex) and replace with \verb|\usepackage{pstool}| and \verb|\psfragfig| instead.
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\psfragfig[width=0.6\linewidth]{example}{%
\psfrag{p1}{$p_1$}
\psfrag{p2}{$p_2$}
\psfrag{p3}{$p_3$}
\psfrag{\\tex[B][B]\{Plot of \$\\sin(t)\$ and \$\\cos(t)\$\}}{Plot of $\sin(t)$ and $\cos(t)$}
\psfrag{\\tex[t][t]\{\$t\$\}}{$t$}
\psfrag{\\tex[B][B]\{\$\\sin(t)\$, \$\\cos(t)\$\}}{$\sin(t)$, $\cos(t)$}
\psfrag{-1}{-1}
\psfrag{-0.2}{-0.2}
\psfrag{-0.4}{-0.4}
\psfrag{-0.6}{-0.6}
\psfrag{-0.8}{-0.8}
\psfrag{0}{0}
\psfrag{0.2}{0.2}
\psfrag{0.4}{0.4}
\psfrag{0.6}{0.6}
\psfrag{0.8}{0.8}
\psfrag{1}{1}
\psfrag{2}{2}
\psfrag{4}{4}
\psfrag{6}{6}
\psfrag{8}{8}
\psfrag{10}{10}
}
% \includegraphics[width=.6\linewidth]{example}
\caption{The same EPS image with psfragfig}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
