pdf-tools

I have been using emacs pdf-tools lately and really enjoying it https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools

So, for example, if you use preview-latex in auctex, or the equivalent functionality in org-mode, you'll notice that the small image previews are very fuzzy, and not at all what you'd expect from your retina screen. The reason ultimately is that the Mitsuharu emacs-map fork has implemented certain things which make PNGs scale correctly for Retina screens, and makes use of Apple's native webkit-based SVG renderer rather than the Stallman-acceptable librsvg. But of course Stallman refused to accept the hard work done by Mitsuharu, which makes Emacs better for a subset of Emacs users and therefore is an _improvement_ to Emacs, with the childish logic that they don't want to allow things that makes emacs better on "non-free" systems than on "free" systems. See the following for example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30151338/org-latex-p

I use Emacs's direnv integration. Haven't had any trouble. It straight-up works better than alternatives I tried before like trying to turn pyvenv mode on automatically. I also manage Emacs, its packages and its packages' native dependencies with Nix. Having an automatic link between Emacs packages and native libraries has made my life massively easier. For example, earlier today I installed `pdf-tools`[1] just by adding (use-package pdf-tools :ensure t) to my init.el, and Nix took care of building and installing the native software needed to support it. I didn't have to go through any of the installation steps in the pdf-tools README[1], it just worked. I'm on my laptop now, but when I get back to my desktop, all it will take to get pdf-tools working is pulling the latest version of my config from git and switching to it. As long as ther

I was a polar bookshelf user until i discovered emacs pdf-tools mode https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools .

Anyone spending a lot of time on pdf's should definitely checkout emacs pdf-tools mode https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools . In the past i was recommending polar app, but emacs pdf-tools trumps in comparison. Emacs pdf-tools mode has lesser memory footprint is much faster and above all does not have restrict any features.

If you want to go the other way and keep everything in emacs, you may be interested in something like org-noter/interleave, or simply pdftools. https://github.com/weirdNox/org-noter https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools

Seems similar to this issue with reading PDFs in Emacs (predates High Sierra, though): https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/51

Maybe PDF-Tools could be of interest to you? You still cannot edit PDF files inline, but you can jump to the source code from inside the PDF. Unfortunately, it lacks a continuous scrolling mode. https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools

PDF-Tools lets you interact with PDF files in Emacs. No support for retina screens on Macs though, unfortunately. https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools

Docview is great, but not enough. He mentioned pdf-tools: https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools, that enhances doc-view with outline for table of contents and annotations.