copy/paste text use pdf-tools in emacs

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when I use pdf-tools

the text in it can't be copy/paste as normal

I want to treat this pdf mode as a place where I get the information to use in emacs

When I mark a region using the mouse and then press M-w the marked region is in the kill-ring, i.e. I can paste it using C-y. Doesn't it work for you? — andrej, May 14, 2017 at 4:52
the M-w and C-y can't be used between pdf-tools and emacs, so I give this issue — ccd, May 15, 2017 at 8:41
M-w and C-y do work in my case out of the box thanks to remapping in pdf-view.el which is part of pdf-tools. Search for pdf-view-kill-ring-save in that file and you will find the function itself and two key-remappings. — andrej, May 16, 2017 at 9:17

mclear · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-14 19:40:51Z

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You should be able to use pdf-view-kill-ring-save to send highlighted text to the kill-ring. At that point you can yank it to a buffer as normal.

answered May 14, 2017 at 19:40

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