diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29..fbde84c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+# emacs dotfiles
+
+## Required paths:
+**for python***
+* ~/Archiv/Programmierprojekte/Python/virtualenv
+**opened directory after start**
+* ~/Archiv/Dokumente
+
+## Required packages:
+**for latex***
+* texlive
+* pdf-tools
+**for python***
+* pip
+* epc
+
diff --git a/elisp/lang-latex.el b/elisp/lang-latex.el
index bae6796..8876208 100644
--- a/elisp/lang-latex.el
+++ b/elisp/lang-latex.el
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 ;; für Ausgabe via pdftools statt docView
 ;; benötigt Paket pdf-tools und texlive (in Linux installieren)
+;; Fedora:
+;; # dnf install pdf-tools
+;; # dnf install texlive
 (use-package pdf-tools
              :ensure t
              :config
diff --git a/elisp/lang-python.el b/elisp/lang-python.el
index 3d1c6b2..67a820b 100644
--- a/elisp/lang-python.el
+++ b/elisp/lang-python.el
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 (use-package python
              :mode ("\\.py\\'" . python-mode))
 ;; ##############
+;; EPC muss installiert sein
+;; Fedora:
+;; # dnf install python3-pip
+;; pip3 install --user epc
 ;; damit der EPC-Server funktioniert,
 ;; muss in /etc/hosts der Eintrag
 ;; 127.0.0.1 localhost
diff --git a/elisp/plugin-markdown.el b/elisp/plugin-markdown.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a622f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elisp/plugin-markdown.el
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+;; see also
+;; https://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/
+
+(use-package markdown-mode
+	:ensure t
+	:commands (markdown-mode gfm-mode)
+	:mode (("README\\.md\\'" . gfm-mode)
+	       ("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)
+	       ("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode))
+	:init (setq markdown-command "multimarkdown"))
+
+(provide 'plugin-markdown)
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index e87f2e9..01212c0 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 (require 'plugin-projectile)
 (require 'plugin-treemacs)      ;nach projectile, da treemacs auch treemacs-projectile lädt
 (require 'plugin-spaceline)
+(require 'plugin-markdown)
 (require 'plugin-magit)
 (require 'lang-python)
 (require 'lang-latex)