fixing the dire situation with viewing pdfs

init.el

@@ -94,32 +94,9 @@
 ;; worked"™ in vim? That's what you pay with for org mode
 (add-hook 'cc-mode-hook 'tabs-yay)
 
-;; time to throw out this "DocView" abomination: full featured pdf
+;; pdftools ftw, docview is shit that needs to be left in the past
-;; viewer of antiquity, that emacs uses today!
+(require 'pdf-tools)
-(defun ensc/mailcap-mime-data-filter (filter)
+(pdf-loader-install)
-  (mapcar (lambda(major)
-            (append (list (car major))
-                    (remove nil
-                            (mapcar (lambda(minor)
-                                      (when (funcall filter (car major) (car minor) (cdr minor))
-                                        minor))
-                                    (cdr major)))))
-          mailcap-mime-data))
-
-(defun ensc/no-pdf-doc-view-filter (major minor spec)
-  (if (and (string= major "application")
-           (string= minor "pdf")
-           (member '(viewer . doc-view-mode) spec))
-      nil
-    t))
-
-(eval-after-load 'mailcap
-  '(progn
-     (setq mailcap-mime-data
-           (ensc/mailcap-mime-data-filter 'ensc/no-pdf-doc-view-filter))))
-
-;; TODO: and this seems to make xdg-open work, but breaks python interpreter
-;; (setq process-connection-type nil)
 
 ;; highlight the parens
 (setq show-paren-delay 0)