Add `company-distel' to the `company-backends' list in your .emacs. E.g. (require 'company) (require 'company-distel) (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-distel) Customize ------------------ When set, the doc-buffer should use a popup instead of a whole buffer. (setq company-distel-popup-help t) Specifies the height of the popup created when `company-distel-popup-help' is set. (setq company-distel-popup-height 30) Which syntax to skip backwards to find start of word. (setq distel-completion-get-doc-from-internet t) Which syntax to skip backwards to find start of word. (setq distel-completion-valid-syntax "a-zA-Z:_-")