Re: use pdf-tools in Emacs.

[Tassilo Horn]

stefan-husmann@t-online.de writes:

>> In fact, I already have the following configuration in my init.el
>> file, but it doesn't seem to automatically compile and install
>> pdf-tools:
>>
>> (use-package pdf-tools
>>   ;;https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package#magic-handlers
>>   :magic ("%PDF" . pdf-view-mode)
>>   :config
>>   (pdf-tools-install :no-query)
>>   ;; C-h o pdf-loader-install RET
>>   ;; This function acts as a replacement for ‘pdf-tools-install’ and
>>   ;; makes Emacs load and use PDF Tools as soon as a PDF file is
>>   ;; opened, but not sooner.
>>   ;;(pdf-loader-install)
>>   )
>>
>
> Indeed this does notinstall anything. use-package is about loading,
> not installing.  Use package.el or straight.el (or any other package
> manager) for installing.

Well, you can add a :ensure t clause to the use-package recipe and it
will tell package.el to install the package.

Bye,
Tassilo