This may be a python-mode bug but I'm new to all of this. I observe the bug only when using org-mode together with python-mode. My org-mode setup is supposed to load org-cdlatex-mode: (autoload 'org-cdlatex-mode "cdlatex" "Enter org-cdlatex mode" t) (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-org-cdlatex) and this works fine when python-mode is not loaded. When I load python mode, however (trunk version) (setq py-install-directory "~/.emacs.d/python-mode.el-6.1.0") (add-to-list 'load-path py-install-directory) (require 'python-mode) Then cdlatex mode is not loaded anymore and it's impossible to unfold any headlines. Org-mode becomes entirely useless: #+TODO: TODO CODE(c) DOCU(d) PLAN(p) PROJ(j) QUESTION(q) TEST(t) | DONE(d) ANSWERED(a) #+TAGS: PHONE(p) URGENT(u) MAIL(m) CODE(c) #+STARTUP: inlineimage #+AUTHOR: anauthor #+TITLE: a title ... when I try to expand the '...' (which btw looks lice '* Introduction...' when everything works fine), I get the message "outline-end-of-heading: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" What to I do? Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.12) of 2012-09-22 on allspice, modified by Debian Package: Org-mode version 7.8.11 current state: ============== (setq org-ditaa-jar-path "/usr/bin/ditaa" org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-startup-truncated nil org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p outline-heading-end-regexp nil org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes turn-on-org-cdlatex) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-interblocks '((src org-babel-exp-non-block-elements)) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code) org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-block nil) (export-comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t) (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil)) )