tikzit.sty

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,shapes.geometric,shapes.misc}

% this style is applied by default to any tikzpicture included via \tikzfig
\tikzstyle{tikzfig}=[baseline=-0.25em,scale=0.5]

% these are dummy properties used by TikZiT, but ignored by LaTex
\pgfkeys{/tikz/tikzit fill/.initial=0}
\pgfkeys{/tikz/tikzit draw/.initial=0}
\pgfkeys{/tikz/tikzit shape/.initial=0}
\pgfkeys{/tikz/tikzit category/.initial=0}

% standard layers used in .tikz files
\pgfdeclarelayer{edgelayer}
\pgfdeclarelayer{nodelayer}
\pgfsetlayers{background,edgelayer,nodelayer,main}

% style for blank nodes
\tikzstyle{none}=[inner sep=0mm]

% include a .tikz file
\newcommand{\tikzfig}[1]{%
{\tikzstyle{every picture}=[tikzfig]
\IfFileExists{#1.tikz}
  {\input{#1.tikz}}
  {%
    \IfFileExists{./figures/#1.tikz}
      {\input{./figures/#1.tikz}}
      {\tikz[baseline=-0.5em]{\node[draw=red,font=\color{red},fill=red!10!white] {\textit{#1}};}}%
  }}%
}

% the same as \tikzfig, but in a {center} environment
\newcommand{\ctikzfig}[1]{%
\begin{center}\rm
  \tikzfig{#1}
\end{center}}

% fix strange self-loops, which are PGF/TikZ default
\tikzstyle{every loop}=[]