>> Hi list,
>>
>> I just noticed a problem that org-mode indentation gets messed up after
>> "example" block. Here is ECM:
>>
>> #+STARTUP: indent
>>
>> * Level one
>> ** Level two
>> Indentation is right.
>>
>> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>> * Example at level one
>> #+END_EXAMPLE
>>
>> Indentation is wrong.

> The asterisk followed by a space followed by text in your example block
> is recognized by org as a headline. So org thinks everything under that
> headline is the body of the headline.

I knew this is exactly the reason. But the question is shouldn't `org-mode'
ignore headlines in example block. I'm not sure whether this is easy or not
though.

> You can fix this by not letting "* Example at level one" start at the
> beginning of the line, but instead indent it by one or more spaces or
prefix
> it with some other character(s).

Smart workaround. Thanks.