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Questions tagged [pdf-tools]

For questions about using the pdf-tools package, which provides tools for viewing and annotating pdf files in Emacs

pdf-tools is available via MELPA or directly from github. It replaces the built-in docview mode for pdf files. It is currently only supported for Linux, but may work on MacOS with some effort.

The github repository linked above includes documentation. Configuration advice is also provided in this question/answer

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Is there continuous scrolling and double page viewing in pdf-tools?

pdf-tools jumps from the end of one page to the next page. Is there a ways to activate some kind of smooth scrolling? Also is there a way to display a double sided layout on my screen?
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pdf-tools: View multiple pages in one buffer - like evince's continous mode

pdf-tools shows by default just one page in the buffer at once. How can it be configured, that it displays multiple pages below each other just like evince does in "continuous" mode, if the zoom factor is small enough such that (parts) of multiple…
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How do I rotate pages in pdf-tools?

Q: how do I rotate PDFs in pdf-tools? Sometimes, I want to rotate a PDF page to toggle between portrait and landscape. This comes up in two common settings: An academic article has a wide table/figure typeset 90 degrees to portrait. I've scanned a…
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Is it possible to export highlighted text with pdf-tools?

When using Skim I can export any kind of pdf annotations, including highlighted text, to a file. Is it possible to do the same thing with pdf-tools in Emacs?
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PDFView scroll line

I'm using to scroll down in a pdf document that does not fit completely in a frame. However, this disrupts the reading flow as I need to find again the correct line that is now repositioned to show the bottom part of the pdf. I would like to…
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pdf-tools latex annotations render in pdf

I use pdf-tools as my PDF viewer and for annotations. when I add a LaTeX annotation (eg., C-c C-a t, then add $$\frac{1}{3}$$, C-c C-c) it renders perfectly fine in the popup window. But is there a way to render it and store it (eg as a…
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hand draw arrow in pdf-tools

I like using pdf-tools to annotate a pdf file. Is there a way of hand-drawing an arrow (by dragging the mouse) in pdf-tools? It would help a lot in annotating pdf files. Even a template arrow (instead of hand drawn) would be good. As a possible…
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pdf-tools asking to be rebuilt when emacs is started

My init.el file includes the line (pdf-tools-install) Recently whenever I open emacs I get the message "Need to (re)build the epdfinfo program, do it now" (y or n) which is rather annoying. I can't quite work out what to do in order to stop this…
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Share pdf-tools installation between computers?

Q: how do I share a pdf-tools installation between computers? I use pdf-tools on two difference machines, and sync my .emacs.d between them via Dropbox. I have installed pdf-tools through the package manager. pdf-info-epdfinfo-program points to…
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Fail to view PDF with pdf-tools

I have installed pdf-tools by melpha, and write a line in init.el file to load it. However, when I opened my pdf files I still couldn't view it and the error of "Error running timer ‘pdf-cache--prefetch-start’: (error "PNG image supported not…
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How to input in pdf forms with pdf-tools?

I'm able to click a pdf form's field, input into the minibuffer and finish with C-c C-c yet I don't see that input in the pdf after doing nor after saving and re-opening the pdf. Am I missing something in the upper steps?
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Highlight text without call commands in pdf-tools

Can I enter some 'highlight-mode' in pdf-tools that I can select and highlight text immediately without calling pdf-annot-add-highlight-markup-annotation or C-c C-a h? Thanks!
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Installing PDF-Tools Windows(non-geek tutorial)

I want to use pdf-tools to anotate pdf files using org-mode or viewing pdf outputs of my tex files which I hope it wil support syntex. I am following the official help to build for windows. I want to comprehensively tell my situation before and…
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In PDFView how do you automate creating errata entries?

When reading PDF documents, I frequently find typos and sometimes more serious errors. I try to keep track of those findings with the intention of sending them to the authors or publishers, but doing it by hand just takes too much time. How to…
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Error on pdf-tools installation

My emacs version is 25.2 but i got the same issues on 24.3: When i run M-x package-install-file RET pdf-tools-0.70.tar RET in emacs i get: pdf-annot.el:32:1:Error: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, tablist Compiling file…
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