[emacs-w3m:13072] Re: How to use pdf-tools (pdf-view-mode)

>>>>> Katsumi Yamaoka <[email protected]> writes:

    > In [emacs-w3m:13070]
    > On Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:53:41 +0900, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:
    >> emacs-w3m now reads the ~/.mailcap file (if any) and gives
    >> priority to the settings in it.

    > Oops, doc-view still has top priority by default, sorry.  To use
    > the other viewer, you want to remove "application/pdf" from
    > `w3m-doc-view-content-types' (in ~/.emacs-w3m.el) as follows:

    > (setq w3m-doc-view-content-types (delete "application/pdf"
    > w3m-doc-view-content-types))

    > Or just:

    > (setq w3m-doc-view-content-types nil)

Excellent - this works.

A user may have to put (setq w3m-local-find-file-function nil) in order
to read local pdf files.

Thanks again Katsumi.

Best wishes,

Colin Baxter.