Is it normal that the resolution of PDF-Tools is so low?

Just got PDF-Tools to work but the resolution and included graphics look like tetris. Any way to fix this? Already enabled the scaling option but it did nothing. Edit: TLDR If you are using Arch Linux you need [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emacs-pdf-tools-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emacs-pdf-tools-git) to fix the issue for pdf-tools-install.

Nope. Not normal

Are you sure pdf-tools actually started? I notice pixelated PDFs when the default doc-view mode is running.

Oh.. yeah it is DocView. But why?

You need to call `pdf-tools-install` Not sure why it's called `install` but that's how it works as far as I understand it. EDIT: Apparently there's more to it, explained in this Stack Exchange answer [https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/24502](https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/24502). But just running `pdf-tools-install` works for me.

Tried it with M-x and got Wrong type argument (and (not null)) file-directory), nil, build-directory Thanks for the link!

Probably something wrong with your `pdf-tools` installation. I know really little about how to fix this type of stuff, I'd check their github for instructions.

Delete the pdf-tools folder, make sure there is only one (ie, you didn't download from melpa and clone from git), restart emacs, reinstall pdf-tools

To fix doc-view bluriness, use: `(setq doc-view-resolution 600) ; non-blurry doc-view PDFs` Be sure you are using the latest fork of pdf-tools: https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools

currently I can't get pdf-tools-install to work. I've installed it but I get Error (use-package: pdf-tools/:init: Wrong type argument I get this as soon as I place (pdf-tools-install) anywhere or even if I call it with M-x pdf-tools-install I thought that I don't have to install the server stuff?

Also tried it. I will try this again a couple times. Something is messed up. Ok now it doesn't work sigh

I don't use `use-package`, but here is roughly what I do in my config: - `(require 'pdf-tools)` - `(pdf-tools-install) ; this starts the PDF tools server and tries to install it if needed` Are you `require`-ing PDF tools?

Now I just have your two lines for pdf-tools but still: Wrong type argument (and (not null) file-directory), nil, build-directory My steps are 1. M-x package-install RET pdf-tools 2. Emacs returns Package pdf-tools installed 3. restart emacs 4. Neet to rebuild the epdfinfo program, do it now? 5. y 6. Wrong type argument: (and (not null) file-directory), nil, build-directory I just read [https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/54590/pdf-tools-asking-to-be-rebuilt-when-emacs-is-started](https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/54590/pdf-tools-asking-to-be-rebuilt-when-emacs-is-started) Seems like I don't need pdf-tools-install But AUCTex return Unknown "PDF Tools" viewer. What did you set for this? Edit: For anyone encountering this with Arch Linux [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emacs-pdf-tools-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emacs-pdf-tools-git)

I've gotten the same error ("Wrong argument type ...") running pdf-tools-install for months, over multiple builds of master (emacs 29, debian testing). I run list-packages and install from there; that works, but pdf-tools-install doesn't. I tried a few times with the source from the git repo (https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools) with the same error. I don't really need the package, so I haven't tried too hard to figure out what's wrong - just letting you know you're not the only one getting this error.

If you are using Arch Linux you need the Arch Linux emacs-pdf-tools-git repo to solve this error. ​ https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/709