From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Julius Hamilton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Using pdf-tools Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:38:13 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31864"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 10 17:39:14 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lrMm1-00081w-JE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:39:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35596 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lrMm0-00022q-Le for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:39:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57078) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lrMlI-0001Y2-TW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ot1-x329.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::329]:44914) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lrMlH-00010W-EI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ot1-x329.google.com with SMTP id q5-20020a9d66450000b02903f18d65089fso77062otm.11 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:38:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=D6OT9M5W7nq3FTFn/5sBF9av3w2V1mWyMqhswpppLYc=; b=NRUvXXclNfx6p0pfYy8Mi9x8avxJUQBFNNdxgBcaApJVDMRgXU/1SyfoJ22/4EEgWt gLlHnAW21eWmsV9EZzziLAu/+gTRvtXS8OVCxnWtdzqb5FZGodwvDL6eBX3ODemdycP6 lOHkls3HhGi/F6r3OEJRP+2yaP9NuZb4SECxDed4eOrco9LsSWC3IzqnPObDg3QANmGx dvA/qkqklGpLEQng09/LwECDgbatHpgAo+ESRRvv3lJjwsJyL1el+hSzblD4BxeG/Jy7 0RivEalspTfLeXrp4jVz9NTWQ/ULW88kMNkBqwVKSUnLrJw/qRxGfPVxSzCQVGqVFaN/ 1x+A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=D6OT9M5W7nq3FTFn/5sBF9av3w2V1mWyMqhswpppLYc=; b=V7JqFonjxzLZGGYI+OK2Sa9TCBqWc2rdJN9nVE7lz71I5owDWx6XihoRJAx2lRz7B7 US+7lOCOpin6yWH1c5Q3L5vFkwsm9YwFBCzBWHE6mZ+GanjM0ubXBIp7hU6yMwbIg0nP 5O5avOydYNdWNcNKlm3Rt3zcVLRBf6svHXDFfj0v8WCGDT1jDSabclMvI7H35dO+Zcw7 P1qIEESoLsnROd4IHozQ2uk5MvyqyCYTT7JXYobLdhtAF0qZJfaTq/uUNVxb7uPv34// P25pzUe4mlDWwimamG35HLQAYictaM/EF0YxZtc2nFyiYFxITpG4g6oANg5d4lxvRCSh nScg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530T69z2f0zXmKsLZEaRHbvXDPQZIaoK5+LkgQ/ScSquPVel/iWD vzUfCBLpqcE9ptQe23v8OEgdcW/3REGal/DnLHUg3Br8 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyjYtmWIzPu8KHcAJxZ90sW0nD/A5tP96utNd+/mtHjyF04k2GsFEJIBcxaF1uGioEvY+y8l0LKBpIbEv86mDY= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7682:: with SMTP id j2mr2908917otl.299.1623339506058; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::329; envelope-from=julkhami@gmail.com; helo=mail-ot1-x329.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130708 Archived-At: Hey, I'm a beginner to emacs and I'm trying to get going with the library pdf-tools. The documentation says I should add the line "(pdf-tools-install)" "somewhere in my .emacs.el file". I noticed that in my home directory I have a .emacs.d file. Some documentation said people usually have a .emacs file but sometimes also a . emacs.el file or a .emacs.d/init.el file, as an init file. I was wondering, what are the reasons for having these different kinds of init files? I added "(pdf-tools-install)" at the end of my init.el file, and restarted emacs. I tried a command from the pdf-tools docs, "M-x pdf-tools-help RET", which the system did not recognize. I was wondering if anyone could give me a hand and explain to me why this is and what a good next step would be. Should I set up my emacs with a emacs.el init file instead? Thanks very much, Julius