\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{lua-visual-debug}
\usepackage{tikzscale}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\usepackage{currfile}
\usepackage{lmodern}
% Use the package ifpdf to share one test document between pdflatex and latex
\usepackage{ifpdf}
% Load the MWE package, although its functionality is not needed. The loading highlights, that some graphics used below are part of the MWE package.
\usepackage{mwe}

\usetikzlibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize
% \tikzexternalize[mode=list and make]
% \tikzexternaldisable % activate this line and test without "shell-escape" and without \tikzexternalenable below
\ifpdf
\else
       \tikzset{external/system call={latex \tikzexternalcheckshellescape -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode -jobname "\image" "\texsource"; dvips -o "\image".ps "\image".dvi}}
\fi

\begin{document}
       \section*{Tests}
       \begin{itemize}
               \item Test that with externalization, no picture is generated multiple times.
               \item Test that there are no warnings with and without using externalization.
               \item Test with \texttt{pdflatex} and \texttt{latex} and do not forget to use \texttt{dvips}.
               \item Normal input command\\%
                       \input{testRectangle.tikz}%
               \item Use includegraphics with file ending\\%
                       \includegraphics{testRectangle.tikz}%
               \item Use includegraphics without file ending\\%
                       \includegraphics{testRectangle}%
               \item Use includegraphics with scaling to the column's width\\%
                       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{testRectangle}%
               \item Use includegraphics with scaling to a dimension\\%
                       \includegraphics[width=5cm]{testRectangle}%
               \item Use includegraphics with scaling while having column width already\\%
                       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{linewidth}%
               \item Use \texttt{input} with pgfplots\\%
                       \input{pgfplots-test.tikz}%
               \item Use pgfplots without optional parameter\\%
                       \includegraphics{pgfplots-test}%
               \item Use pgfplots with given width and height\\%
                       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,height=0.3\linewidth]{pgfplots-test}%
               \item Use includegraphics with only a node\\%
                       \includegraphics{testNode.tikz}%
%               \item Use includegraphics with scaling only a node results in an error\\%
%                       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{testNode.tikz}%
               \ifpdf
                       \item Use includegraphics with jpg\\%
                               \includegraphics{example-grid-100x100bp.jpg}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with pdf\\%
                               \includegraphics{example-grid-100x100bp.pdf}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with png\\%
                               \includegraphics{example-grid-100x100bp.png}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with pdf and scaling\\%
                               \includegraphics[width=0.3\linewidth]{example-grid-100x100bp.pdf}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with column width\\%
                               \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-grid-100x100bp.jpg}%
                       \item Input a 2D pgfplots\\
                               \input{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with a two dimensional plot\\%
                               \includegraphics{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with a scaled two dimensional plot with line width and an axis ratio of 1\\%
                               \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,axisratio=1]{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with a scaled two dimensional plot with given height and an axis ratio of 0.5\\%
                               \includegraphics[height=\linewidth,axisratio=0.5]{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with a scaled two dimensional plot with given height and an axis ratio of 0.5 and temporarily deactivated externalization\\%
                               \tikzexternaldisable
                               \includegraphics[height=\linewidth,axisratio=0.5]{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                               \tikzexternalenable
                       \item Use includegraphics with a scaled two dimensional plot with given height and an axis ratio of 0.5 again\\%
                               \includegraphics[height=\linewidth,axisratio=0.5]{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with a scaled two dimensional plot with line width and a default axis ratio\\%
                               \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{testgraphic2D.tikz}%
                       \item Input a two dimensional plot with a tight frame with width \newlength{\mylen}\settowidth{\mylen}{\frame{\input{testgraphic2D.tikz}}}\the\mylen\\%
                               \frame{\input{testgraphic2D.tikz}}
                       \item Use a two dimensional plot with a tight frame with width \settowidth{\mylen}{\frame{\includegraphics{testgraphic2D.tikz}}}\the\mylen\\%
                               \frame{\includegraphics{testgraphic2D.tikz}}
               \else
                       \item Use includegraphics with eps (this is not found within dvi, even without tikzscale)\\%
                               \includegraphics{example-grid-100x100bp.eps}%
                       \item Use includegraphics with eps and full path (this is not shown, even without tikzscale)\\%
                               \includegraphics{/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mwe/example-grid-100x100bp.eps}%
               \fi
               \item Use includegraphics with a histogram of a normal distribution\\%
                       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,height=0.5\linewidth]{histogramNormal}%
               \item {Use \texttt{\textbackslash graphicspath} with superfluous space\graphicspath{{somefolder} } (only defined locally for the current item)
                       \includegraphics{testRectangle.tikz}}%
               \item Use a tikz-3Dplot, which is known to have a different size after externalization compared to the measurements without externalization and is thus rebuilt every time if the counter-measurements are not successful.\\%
                       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{3Dplot}
       \end{itemize}
\end{document}