Martin Stemplinger

@mstempl
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Interested in IT Security and productivity. I play double bass in an amateur orchestra and I'm a Bayern Muenchen supporter.
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Websitehttps://mstempl.netlify.app
Githubhttps://github.com/Bassmann
Show threadMartin Stemplinger10h ago
@jameshowell @ericsfraga @sacha sounds quite familiar. In fact LaTeX was my introduction to Emacs and that in turn made me try Linux in the early 90s. I'm getting old obviously but I still use Emacs and nowadays Orgmode.
Martin Stemplinger1d ago

#til For quite some time I wanted #pyhon code folding in #emacs and even tried several packages but none of them worked as I expected it.

Now I realized that the built-in hideshow mode does exactly what I want.

Another example that the answer to "can Emacs do that" is always "yes" and very often even has it built-in. Amazing!

Martin StemplingerFeb 24
KrisFeb 24

Heute ist Dienstag der 24. Februar 2026.

Vor 410 Jahren, am 24. Februar 1616, verurteilte die Inquisition Galileo Galilei zum ersten Mal wegen der Häresie dass sich die Erde um die Sonne dreht und die Sonne stationär im Zentrum des Planetensystems befindet.

Zugleich ist heute der 44. Gründungstag einer Computerfirma, die es nicht mehr gibt.

Sie hieß SUN.

Der 24-Feb 1982 war ein Mittwoch. Mittwoch ist ist also SUN-Day.

Martin StemplingerFeb 24
LibreOfficeFeb 24
We've been on X/Twitter for many years, but it's time to reduce our activity there and instead promote Mastodon as our main social media channel now. So we've done just that: https://x.com/LibreOffice/status/2026204949760131158 – Welcome to all our new followers here 😊
LibreOffice (@LibreOffice) on X

Hello, world! 👋 From now on, Mastodon is our preferred social media channel. It's an open source, decentralised platform – not controlled by tech giants. Follow us here: https://t.co/KZpwR61V5R

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Martin StemplingerJan 20
I published a new post https://mstempl.netlify.app/post/using-plain-text-files/
Using plain text files

This post is in response to Ellane’s invitation to answer eight questions about using plain text files. When did you start using plain text? During my time at university when I started using LaTeX to write my Phd thesis. Why did you start using plain text? Writing math in anything but TeX/LaTeX is a pain and in doing it I started to appreciate distinguishing between content and formatting for an end result.

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Show threadMartin StemplingerJan 20

@ellane here is my take on these questions https://mstempl.netlify.app/post/using-plain-text-files/

#whyplaintext

Using plain text files

This post is in response to Ellane’s invitation to answer eight questions about using plain text files. When did you start using plain text? During my time at university when I started using LaTeX to write my Phd thesis. Why did you start using plain text? Writing math in anything but TeX/LaTeX is a pain and in doing it I started to appreciate distinguishing between content and formatting for an end result.

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Martin StemplingerJan 18
I published a new post https://mstempl.netlify.app/post/manage-jdex-with-emacs/
Manage JDex with Emacs

A few years ago I came across the Johnny.Decimal system to organise your life and I find it really useful to organise stuff at work. An important part of the concept is the index or JDex. Johnny recommends storing it in a notes app and has examples for Bear and Obsidian. I prefer Emacs and Orgmode. Of course Emacs makes it easy to streamline the workflow. This post describes my configuration and workflow.

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Martin StemplingerJan 3
mhoyeDec 18
To spell this out clearly, the reason RAM has quadrupled in price is that a huge quantity of RAM that hasn't been produced yet has been bought with money that doesn't exist to populate GPUs that also haven't been produced to go in datacenters that haven't been built powered by infrastructure that may never exist to meet a demand that doesn't exist at all to make profit margins that mathematically can't exist while economists talk about this thing they call the "rational markets hypothesis".
Show threadMartin StemplingerJan 3

@gmoretti @szpon thanks for the link an interesting approach to toggle it! Of course variable-pitch is nice and what I use among other settings to beautify orgmode. I have a blog post in case you're interested https://mstempl.netlify.app/post/emacs_writing_experience/.

I understood @szpon wants to set different fonts per file which is slightly different but your approach can probably be adapted tto support this

Emacs Writing Experience

Note taken on [2025-07-31 Thu 21:03] Added icon settings in agenda A while back the Emacs Carnival started and July’s topic is writing experience. For me writing in Emacs means org-mode like for many others. A pleasant writing experience in org-mode for me includes nice looking org-mode buffers a.k.a. beautifying org-mode. Thus I’d like to share my current org-mode settings for org-mode eye-candy. It’s a follow-up to my older post on Beautify Org mode. Some parts remain the same but some parts changed.

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Martin StemplingerJan 3
WilliamNB 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️Nov 25
You probably already know that regular #cycling makes you fitter and stronger, right?
But did you know it also reduces your risk of developing Alzheimer's? And that regular cycling helps you grow more brain cells?
Well, it's true, so have a read of this: https://www.willcycle.com/2023/12/20/use-your-noodle/
#WillCycle
Use your noodle - WillCycle

Sustained aerobix exercise, which cycling is, is good for your muscles, your cardio-vascular system, your mental health, but also your brain!

WillCycle - Because you deserve some adventure in your life