diff --git a/modules/tools/pdf/config.el b/modules/tools/pdf/config.el
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+;;; tools/pdf/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(def-package! pdf-tools
+  :init
+  (load "pdf-tools-autoloads.el" nil t t)
+  :config
+  (pdf-tools-install)
+  (setq-default pdf-view-display-size 'fit-page)
+  ;; turn off cua so copy works
+  (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook (lambda () (cua-mode 0)))
+  )
+
+(after! latex
+  (when (featurep! :lang latex)
+    ;; add to the program list
+    (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection
+                 '(output-pdf "PDF Tools"))
+    (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list
+                 '("PDF Tools" ("TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view")))
+    ;; enable document revert
+    (add-hook 'TeX-after-compilation-finished-functions
+              'TeX-revert-document-buffer)
+
+    ;; correlated mode
+    (setq TeX-source-correlate-start-server t)
+    (setq TeX-source-correlate-mode t)
+    ))
diff --git a/modules/tools/pdf/packages.el b/modules/tools/pdf/packages.el
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+;;; tools/pdf/packages.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(package! pdf-tools)