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convert a text buffer to a pdf file?

How can we convert the current text buffer to a pdf file, preferably turning those headings started with * into bookmarks of the pdf file. For example, turning the Emacs integrated tutorial (shown by C-h t) into a bookmarked pdf file. Thanks.
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Emacs got frozen when open pdf file

When I open pdf with emacs, it got frozen. And I installed pdf-tools, open pdf, it got frozen again. What's the underlining process when emacs open a pdf? Is there a lot of converting work? What should I do to speed it up? Emacs 24.4 Ubuntu 14.04…
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Changing resolution in pdf-tools PDFView

See this solution for changing the resolution in DocView. I don't see anything like this for pdf-tools. How can I increase the resolution like doc-view-resolution variable would?
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Recolouring PDFs

Is it possible, with DocView or pdf-tools or something else, to recolour pdfs (e.g. by inverting or choosing a particular colour for background and foreground)? It's a bit annoying when using a dark colour theme to have to view pdfs with white…
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doc view PNG support

I'm running a fresh install of Arch Linux and if I try to view a pdf file in doc-view or pdf-view, I get the following error message: No PNG support is available, or some conversion utility for pdf files is missing. Unable to render file. View…
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How to use Emacs Application Framework as Default PDF viewer?

I recently discovered the Emacs Application Framework, which works quite nice for me. The only thing that's bothering me is, that I need to explicitly call eaf-open on a file, to open it with the framework. I tried to associate eaf with the file…
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pdf opening issue in emacs terminal

I am a new user of emacs. I have installed emacs 27.1 in my Ubuntu 22.04. I can successfully open my ms.tex file in emacs (terminal). After that, I press the C-c C-c command and then I type my file name as ms.tex. It successfully creates the ms.pdf…
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How to export a pdf in landscape rotation

Following example.org is expected to be exported in landscape though the generated pdf remains in portrait. What should I change? ** A3 PDF Landscape #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[a3paper]{geometry} #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[lscape]{geometry} …
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